Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend International Istanbul Law Congress. Erdogan will also meet Foreign Minister of United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan.

ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to chair cabinet meeting.

ANKARA – Finance Minister Naci Agbal to reveal results of budget administration between January and September.

ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to announce labor force statistics for July 2016.

ANKARA – 36th Executive Committee meeting of Parliamentary Union of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to begin.

IRAQ

MOSUL – Developments to be followed as offensive to liberate Iraq’s Mosul from Daesh continues.

EGYPT

CAIRO – Seven Egyptian troops killed in a spate of militant attacks in the restive Sinai Peninsula.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL – Seoul digs up past over claim that former left-leaning South Korean government abstained on North Korean human rights vote.

THAILAND

BANGKOK – Prime minister intervenes in row on mourning attire after shaming of Thais not wearing black following death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

JAPAN

TOKYO – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sends ritual offering to war-linked shrine, a gesture which has previously drawn protests from some neighbors over Tokyo’s approach toward its militarist past.