World Bulletin / News Desk

TURKEY

ANKARA - Day 2 of main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) 19th extraordinary congress.

HAKKARI - Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Cavusoglu to attend opening of Political Academy of ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in southeastern province of Hakkari.

ISTANBUL - Culture and Tourism Minister Numan Kurtulmus to attend 5th international CNR Book Fair.

SYRIA

IDLIB / AZAZ / AFRIN - Monitoring Turkey's ongoing Operation Olive Branch against terrorist groups YPG/PKK-ISIL in Afrin, northwestern Syria.

KARACHI, Pakistan - In the international media, Pakistan’s largest city Karachi is often associated with chaos, but locally it is known by other taglines -- the heart of Pakistan, mini Pakistan, Quaid’s city, city of lights -- and for good reason.

ANKARA – Microsoft is determined to make cloud computing widespread in Turkey, where a digital transformation has already begun in several sectors of the economy, said the tech giant's senior executive in the country.