Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, April 21, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet heads of committees of Central American Integration System, Community of Latin American, Caribbean States at Yildiz Palace.

ANKARA - Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Tekin Bingol to hold news conference at party headquarters.

FRANCE

PARIS - President Francois Hollande to hold emergency meeting of security, defense, intelligence officials to discuss Champs Elysees terror attack.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Deadline for power-sharing government talks in Northern Ireland likely to be extended.

LONDON - Scottish Nationalist Party to launch manifesto for local government election.

KOSOVO

PRISTINA – Turkey’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmet Yildiz to begin three-day visit, where he is due to meet Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, take party in panel on Turkish Youth and Social Life.

SWITZERLAND

NYON - UEFA Champions League, Europa League semi-final draws to be held.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek to attend G20, International Monetary Fund Financial Committee, World Bank meetings. Also due to meet leading business figures.

PALESTINE

SPECIAL REPORT: Palestine’s Marwan Barghouti: Politics to hunger strike

By Qais Abu Samra

RAMALLAH (AA) - One of Palestine’s best-known political figures, Marwan Barghouti now leads a hunger-strike waged by hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.​