Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Thursday Sept. 8, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to hold separate meetings with National Intelligence Agency chief Hakan Fidan, Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, Qatari Prime Minister Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

ANKARA - Science, Industry and Technology Minister Faruk Ozlu to be guest of Anadolu Agency's Editors’ Desk.

ANKARA - Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan to meet Japanese Science and Technology Minister Yosuke Tsuruho.

ANKARA - Mustafa Yeneroglu, chairman of parliamentary Human Rights Investigation Commission, criticizes lack of EU support following failed coup in Anadolu Agency exclusive interview.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - UN peacekeeping meeting of defense ministers, including Turkey’s Fikri Isik.

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to hold talks on Brexit with European Council President Donald Tusk.

LONDON - Parliament to announce a 4 billion pounds ($5.34 billion) restoration plan for Palace of Westminster home.

FRANCE

PARIS - President Francois Hollande to deliver address on terrorism at Terra Nova, Jean Jaures Foundation event.

PARIS - Hollande to meet separately with Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani, Saudi Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal bin Abdulaziz al Saud.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to meet Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin for talks on implementation of Minsk agreement in eastern Ukraine.

GREECE

RHODES - Security conference hosted by Greece to focus on issues in Mediterranean, Black Seas region such as migration, human trafficking, environmental security, radicalization.

MYANMAR

RAKHINE - Ex-UN chief Kofi Annan-led commission finishes tour of Sittwe, capital of western Rakhine State, home of Rohingya Muslim minority.

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Bomb explodes in south near police unit escorting teachers days after international revulsion at school blast that killed father, daughter.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR - New political party led by former Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad officially approved by government.

KENYA

SPECIAL REPORT: Kenya’s cut-price market hit by ethnic strife

By Magdalene Mukami

NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) - The Eastleigh estate has been the center of Kenyan capital Nairobi’s commercial life since Somali traders arrived decades ago, bringing with them their renowned business acumen and eye for a deal.