Diary

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

TURKEY

KAYSERI - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend the funeral of former President Abdullah Gul's father in central Kayseri province.

ISTANBUL - Erdogan to attend International Forum on Al-Quds Waqfs and hold separate meetings with Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and Saudi Arabian Trade Minister Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi.

ISTANBUL - Yildirim to receive Jordanian Prince Ghazi bin Mohammad and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Secretary-General Dr. Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen at the Prime Ministry.

FRANCE

PARIS - Interior minister to announce official results of the French presidential run-off that saw centrist Emmanuel Macron defeat far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.​

GERMANY

BERLIN - Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to meet his German counterpart Brigitte Zypries.

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel meets France’s outgoing President Francois Hollande.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag to meet his U.S. counterpart Jeff Sessions to discuss extradition and provisional arrest of Fetullah Gulen, the mastermind of last July's defeated coup in Turkey.

WASHINGTON - Sally Yates, former acting attorney general, and James Clapper, former director of U.S. National Intelligence, to testify on alleged Russian interference in last year's presidential race.

PALESTINE

SPECIAL REPORT: Haniyeh’s election ushers in new era for Hamas: Analysts

By Nour Abu Aisha

GAZA CITY, Palestine - The election of Ismail Haniyeh as chief of Hamas’ political bureau ushers in a new era for the Palestinian resistance group, analysts believe.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG - Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore to address members of the Pan-African parliament at opening of its fourth ordinary session.