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.