Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at Presidential Palace, hold news conference.

ISTANBUL - Erdogan to attend second day of TRT World Forum.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to receive Iran's First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri at Cankaya Palace.

ISTANBUL - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend TRT World Forum.

ISTANBUL - Cavusoglu to attend meeting of D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation.

ANKARA - Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul to attend Anadolu Agency`s Editors’ Desk.

ISTANBUL - Family Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya to attend summit on women’s role in sustainable development.

ISTANBUL- Education Minister Ismet Yilmaz to attend Turkey-Africa ministerial conference.

ESTONIA

TALLINN - EU Minister Omer Celik to meet Foreign Minister Sven Mikser, address Estonian Foreign Policy Institute.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - EU leaders’ summit to focus on issues such as defense, migration, Brexit, Turkey relations.

SPAIN

MADRID - Deadline for Catalan government to clarify position on independence to Madrid. Central government may impose restrictions on Catalan autonomy.

PALESTINE

GAZA CITY - Hamas chief in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, to brief Gazan youth on developments regarding Palestinian national reconciliation.​

TANZANIA

SPECIAL REPORT: Tanzanian grants lift rural women from poverty

By Kizito Makoye

KOROGWE, Tanzania, (AA) - Zainab Mkendo looks gaunt and weak even though she’s just 44. Her pale skin and the stitches on her tattered gown say it all. She is poor.

SERBIA

BELGRADE - Anniversary of death of Alija Izetbegovic, who brought independence to Bosnia.