Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair meeting of Justice and Development (AK) Party's Central Executive Board.

ANKARA - Erdogan to attend opening ceremony of Melike Hatun Mosque.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to receive Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli.

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk to host Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci.

NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - Turkish Family and Social Affairs Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya to meet President Mustafa Akinci.

FRANCE

PARIS - Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to host U.K. counterpart Boris Johnson for working dinner to discuss Brexit.

SPAIN

MADRID - Senate to discuss taking powers from Catalonia, unseating Catalan President Carles Puigdemont in wake of independence referendum.

JAMMU KASHMIR

SRINIGRAR - Kashmiris mark Black Flag day on 70th anniversary of Indian intervention in disputed region.

KENYA

NAIROBI - President Uhuru Kenyatta leads in vote count following election rerun that was boycotted by opposition.

NIGERIA

ABUJA - Town hall meeting organized by Center for Democracy and Development on President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG - Court to sentence two white farmers convicted of threatening to burn alive black man in a coffin.

SPECIAL REPORT: Bare-knuckle boxers fight to keep South African custom

By Ihsaan Haffejee

TSHIFUDI, South Africa (AA) - On a dusty field on the edge of Tshifudi village, men and boys gather to take part in a violent tradition going back nearly 200 years.