Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend parliamentary group meeting of ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party.

ANKARA - Parliamentary group meetings of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).

ANKARA - Health Minister Ahmet Demircan to meet Qatari counterpart Hanan Mohammed Al Kuwari.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to attend Turkey-Azerbaijan High-Level Strategic Council meeting.

KAZAKHSTAN

ASTANA - Seventh round of peace talks aimed at ending Syria conflict enters day two, with joint statement to follow.

FRANCE

STRASBOURG - Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland to meet French President Emmanuel Macron.

STRASBOURG - Macron and Jagland to visit European Court of Human Rights and meet its judges.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Turkish lawmakers from Turkey-UK Parliamentary Friendship Group to continue contacts.

LONDON - ​Union of European Turkish Democrats (UETD) to hold “A Silent Ethnic Cleansing: the Rohingya Muslims” event at parliament.

LONDON - “The Balfour Centenary, Britain's Broken Promise: Time for a New Approach​” conference to be held, marking 100th anniversary of Balfour declaration.

NIGERIA

SPECIAL REPORT - Nigerian public give mixed views on president's record

By Rafiu Ajakaye

LAGOS (AA) - On President Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration on May 29, 2015, hope of a new dawn resonated across much of Nigeria.

TANZANIA

SPECIAL REPORT - Climate change takes toll in Tanzania with snakebites

By Kizito Makoye

MKURANGA (AA) - Husna Sweya was idly walking on a lawn near her house one evening when she was bitten by a shiny black snake.