Diary

Diary

- Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend parliamentary group meeting of Justice and Development (AK) Party.

ANKARA - Erdogan also due to attend "Power Plants Mass Opening Ceremony" at the presidential complex.

ANTALYA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend an international e-commerce conference and Antalya urban transformation congress.

ISTANBUL - Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman to attend Asian Parliamentary Assembly's 10th Plenary Meeting.

ANKARA - Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag to receive Bangladesh's Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury at Cankaya palace.

ISTANBUL - Besiktas to take on Porto at Vodafone Park at 8 p.m. local time (GMT1700) in Champions’ League Group G match.

EGYPT

CAIRO - Egypt to host fresh round of talks between Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah.

FRANCE

PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron to separately receive Italy's former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, far-right leader Marine Le Pen and leftist leader Jean Luc Melenchon, as part of two days consultations on organization of next European elections and his plans to reform EU.

UK

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to hold separate meetings in London with the representatives of Northern Ireland parties Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Fein to discuss formation of power-sharing government talks in U.K. region.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Europe needs Turkey more than Turkey needs Europe'

By Inci Gundag

LONDON (AA) - Europe is much more in need of Turkey than Turkey is in need of Europe, Wadah Khanfar, president of Al Sharq Forum said.

SERBIA

BELGRADE - Prime Minister Ana Brnabic to meet Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev and President Aleksandar Vucic in capital Belgrade.

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

SARAJEVO - 22nd anniversary of Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended 1992-1995 war in Bosnia, will be commemorated.

ZIMBABWE

HARARE - Ruling Zanu-PF to present a motion to parliament for impeachment of President Robert Mugabe.

INDONESIA

SPECIAL REPORT

Child marriage remains a serious problem in Indonesia

By Chandni Vasandani

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AA) - Ika, not her real name, was married off at the age of 14. Now at 18, she is the mother of two children; a boy and a girl.