Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, May 15, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

CHINA

BEIJING - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to leave for U.S. following official visit to China.

FRANCE

PARIS - Newly sworn-in President Emmanuel Macron to likely appoint his prime minister.​

GERMANY

BERLIN - Macron pays first official visit to Berlin for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel on bilateral ties, EU, international issues.

PALESTINE

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) - Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners enter day 29 of hunger strike to improve conditions in Israeli jails.

JERUSALEM - Protests expected on 69th anniversary of Nakba Day, mass expulsion of Palestinians in 1948.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG - Thousands of opposition supporters to march to constitutional court as it rules on secret ballot for ANC legislators in no-confidence vote against President Jacob Zuma.

JOHANNESBURG - Cabinet ministers, including deputy president, to start symbolic 24-hour hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners.

ZIMBABWE

SPECIAL REPORT: Stray Zimbabwe lions pit villagers vs conservationists

By Jeffrey Moyo

HWANGE, Zimbabwe (AA) - As if maddened by a fresh wound to its head, a huge black bull paced to and fro. His owner tiptoed closer to the beast in a desperate bid to apply some herbs to stop the wound from rotting.