Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday Dec. 14, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend the Employment Council at Bestepe Congress Center.

ANKARA - Erdogan to meet Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in presidential complex.

ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman to leave for Saudi Arabia for an official visit.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS (AA) - European Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the European Union to be held in Brussels.

PALESTINE

GAZA CITY - Hamas to mark 30 years since its establishment with rally, speeches in Gaza City.



SPECIAL REPORT

Palestinian children subject to detention, abuse by Israel

By Gharib Suleiman

JERUSALEM (AA) - Some 300 Palestinian minors are currently languishing in Israeli prisons, according to Palestinian rights NGOs.​



RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to hold 13th annual news conference to sum up 2017.​



SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - The eighth round of formal intra-Syrian peace talks to conclude UN in Geneva. The unified Syrian opposition delegation and the regime delegation are expected to meet separately with UN envoy on Syria, Staffan de Mistura. ​



UKRAINE

MINSK - Turkey’s Science, Industry and Technology Minister Faruk Ozlu to attend a Turkey-Belarus innovation forum and meet his counterparts.



UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to join an EU summit where the EU leaders are expected to announce progress achieved in the first phase of Brexit negotiations.



ZIMBABWE

HARARE - Ruling Zanu-PF party to hold extraordinary congress which is expected to endorse newly elected president, Emmerson Mnangagwa.