Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday Dec. 28, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman to attend the 2017 Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) award ceremony at the presidential complex.

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend TUBITAK ceremony in capital Ankara.

Erdogan to separately meet Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Turkey's National Intelligence Chief Hakan Fidan.

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold a joint news conference with Japanese counterpart Taro Kono.

ZIMBABWE

HARARE - General Constantino Chiwenga and former Security Minister Kembo Mohadi to be sworn in as Zimbabwe’s new vice presidents at the State House in Harare.

INDIA

SPECIAL REPORT:

Kashmir's wetlands, migratory birds face uncertainty

By Zahid Rafiq

SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir (AA) - Amid the gloom and bleakness of the harsh Kashmiri winter, hundreds of thousands of migratory birds bring a splash of color to the skies as they head to the region’s wetlands.

PALESTINE

RAMALLAH - Trial of detained Ahed al-Tamimi and her mother to be held in Ofer military court, west of Ramallah.

ALGERIA

ALGIERS - Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) to open childcare center in the Algerian capital.