Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, April 6, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

BALIKESIR - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address public at mass opening ceremony in western Balikesir province.

GAZIANTEP - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to hold rally on referendum on constitutional changes.

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency's Editors' Desk to host Deputy Prime Minister Tugrul Turkes.

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency executives to visit Anitkabir, mausoleum of the founder of modern Turkey and Anadolu Agency, to mark its 97th anniversary.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Ireland’s Taoiseach (prime minister) Enda Kenny for talks on bilateral ties, EU issues, and Brexit.

FRANCE

STRASBOURG - European Parliament to hold debate on Russia and arrest of Alexei Navalny, as well as votes on EU-US privacy shield agreement and visa-free travel for Ukrainians.

STRASBOURG - European Court of Human Rights to rule on transgender French nationals seeking to change their birth certificates.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Press stakeout with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura's advisor Jan Egeland, following meeting of the International Syria Support Group's Humanitarian Access Task Force.​

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, Florida.

TUNUSIA

TUNIS - 34th Arab interior ministers’ meeting to wrap up in Tunisian capital.

PALESTINE

JERUSALEM - Extremist Jewish groups plan​ to converge on Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa complex to mark upcoming Jewish Passover holiday.

SUDAN

SPECIAL REPORT

Q&A with head of African Muslim Scholars Association

By Hossam Bedawi

KHARTOUM (AA) - Sheikh Said Bourhane speaks with Anadolu Agency about rising anti-Turkey sentiments in Europe and need to combat extremism.

GAMBIA

BANJUL – Gambians to vote in first parliamentary elections since longtime leader Yahya Jammeh fled the country in January.