Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Wednesday, March 8, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

IZMIR - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to hold rally as part of April 16 constitutional referendum campaign.

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency’s Editor’s Desk to host EU Minister Omer Celik.

ANKARA - Turkey's head of Religious Affairs Directorate Mehmet Gormez to name International Benevolence Awards winners.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu to meet German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel amid tensions between two countries over Turkey’s referendum campaign.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, will share findings of her report on impact of global pesticide use in agriculture.

AMERICAS

WASHINGTON - Women across the country expected to participate in general strike​ on International Women's Day.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May to hold cabinet meeting and reply to questions regarding Brexit timetable at parliament following second amendment vote by House of Lords.

LONDON - Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to meet British Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox, international investors at Bloomberg event.

SPECIAL REPORT: Solidarity with Palestine in Northern Ireland's murals

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AA) - The tragedy of Northern Ireland’s 30-year conflict is obvious to even the most casual of visitors to the region’s capital -- it is daubed on the walls of end-of-terrace houses in huge murals that dominate parts of the city.

PALESTINE / ISRAEL

JERUSALEM - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

EGYPT

CAIRO - Retrial begins for 156 Egyptians charged with killing 14 policemen in 2013.

TUNISIA

TUNIS - Judges to go on strike to protest poor working conditions.​

IRAQ

OPINION: Western Mosul proving tough nut to crack

By Mustafa al-Dabbagh

ERBIL, Iraq (AA) - The battle for western Mosul -- where Daesh has dug in -- has been considerably more difficult than the earlier fight for the city’s eastern half.​

KENYA

NAIROBI - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to discuss famine and drought in East Africa.

UGANDA

SPECIAL REPORT: Uganda to take action against FETO-linked schools

By Halima Athumani

KAMPALA - Turkish Ambassador to Uganda, Sedef Yavuzalp has expressed confidence that Uganda will take necessary steps to transfer FETO-linked schools to Turkey's Maarif Foundation.