ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday Dec. 14, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend the Employment Council at Bestepe Congress Center.
ANKARA – Erdogan to meet Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in presidential complex.
ANKARA – Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman to leave for Saudi Arabia for an official visit.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS (AA) – European Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the European Union to be held in Brussels.
PALESTINE
GAZA CITY – Hamas to mark 30 years since its establishment with rally, speeches in Gaza City.
SPECIAL REPORT
Palestinian children subject to detention, abuse by Israel
By Gharib Suleiman
JERUSALEM (AA) – Some 300 Palestinian minors are currently languishing in Israeli prisons, according to Palestinian rights NGOs.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin to hold 13th annual news conference to sum up 2017.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – The eighth round of formal intra-Syrian peace talks to conclude UN in Geneva. The unified Syrian opposition delegation and the regime delegation are expected to meet separately with UN envoy on Syria, Staffan de Mistura.
UKRAINE
MINSK – Turkey’s Science, Industry and Technology Minister Faruk Ozlu to attend a Turkey-Belarus innovation forum and meet his counterparts.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May to join an EU summit where the EU leaders are expected to announce progress achieved in the first phase of Brexit negotiations.
ZIMBABWE
HARARE – Ruling Zanu-PF party to hold extraordinary congress which is expected to endorse newly elected president, Emmerson Mnangagwa.
