Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday Dec. 22, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Justice and Development (AK) Party’s provincial heads’ meeting.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to receive Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, National Intelligence Organization Director Hakan Fidan separately.

ANKARA - Yildirim to attend closing session of budget debate in parliament.

ANKARA - Monitoring reaction following UN General Assembly vote against U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital.

FRANCE

PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas following UN General Assembly vote.

GEORGIA

TBILISI (AA) - Turkey-Georgia Business Forum.

GUINEA

CONAKRY - Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to meet President Alpha Conde on second stop of west Africa tour.

PALESTINE

RAMALLAH – Protests expected across occupied territories following Hamas’ call against U.S. decision on Jerusalem.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Pakistan's blind dolphins moving away from extinction

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) - Despite a significant increase in the population of Pakistan’s blind dolphins, the rare mammal is still under constant threat from increasing levels of water pollution and fishing, experts have said.