World Bulletin / News Desk

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair National Security Council and cabinet meetings at presidential complex.

SPAIN

MADRID - New Catalan parliament sits for first time after pro-independence parties gained majority of seats.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz for talks on bilateral ties, EU issues.

FRANCE

PARIS - A far-right mayor's decision to ban pork substitutes in school meals has been slammed by the head of a watchdog group.

IRAN

TEHRAN – Turkish Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman to attend closing session of 13th meeting of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States.

EGYPT

CAIRO - Egypt's Al-Azhar University to host international conference on Jerusalem.

CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to meet Ethiopian counterpart in Cairo.