Diary

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

TURKEY

ANKARA - Kemal Kilicdaroglu, head of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), to launch a protest march at Guvenpark after a CHP deputy was sentenced to 25 years in jail for revealing state secret in MIT trucks case.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to announce labor statistics for March.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - Congress to hold annual charity baseball game a day after Republican practice targeted by gunman in northern Virginia.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Ongoing search-and-rescue operation after a massive fire has ripped through a residential tower block and killed at least 12 people in west London.

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to hold talks with political leaders from Northern Ireland ahead of the formation of a minority central government and the new power-sharing government in Northern Ireland.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - At Eurogroup meeting, Eurozone finance ministers and IMF representatives to discuss Greek bailout program and possible new loans.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - A press stakeout with U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura's advisor Jan Egeland following the meeting of the International Syria Support Group's Humanitarian Access Task Force.

GREECE

THESSALONIKI - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to meet Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades for trilateral summit plus separate meetings.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to hold an annual televised question and answer session.

KUWAIT

KUWAIT CITY – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu hold talks amid a diplomatic row in the Gulf region.

NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci to meet with Special Adviser to UN Secretary-General on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide.