World Bulletin / News Desk

TURKEY

AFYONKARAHISAR - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend several large inauguration ceremonies.

ARDAHAN / ARTVIN - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to address public rallies.

AMASYA - Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu to attend his party's public rally.

MALATYA - Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus to attend meetings and inauguration ceremonies.

ISTANBUL - Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek to address opening of Turkey-Ukraine Business Forum.

ANKARA - Turkish statistical authority TurkStat to announce labor figures for December 2016.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON- British Prime Minister Theresa May to take questions in parliament after approval of bill giving government the power to initiate formal Brexit negotiations.​

FRANCE

STRASBOURG - Re-elected European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker deliver statements to European Parliament on the March 9-10 European Council.

PARIS - French President Francois Hollande meets with new Gambian President Adama Barrow.​

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - Senate Foreign Relations Committee to hold hearing on Syria.

NEW YORK - Turkish Family Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya to address UN General Assembly meeting on women's empowerment, days after she was deported by the Netherlands amid political tensions. 

PAKISTAN

Pakistan Wednesday began its long-overdue census of its ever-growing populace, with some 200,000 soldiers assisting civilians as observers point out procedural inadequacies such as not acknowledging all the country’s languages.

SUDAN

KHARTOUM - Head of Libya's UN-backed unity government to meet with Sudanese president in Khartoum.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Fighting continues in Libya's “oil crescent” between forces loyal to Tobruk-based parliament and militia group.​

KAZAKHSTAN

ASTANA - Third round of Syrian peace talks continues under auspices of Russia, Turkey, and Ira​n, with statement due afterwards.  

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS 

LEFKOSA - Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci to receive UN Cyprus Envoy Espen Barth Eide.

THE NETHERLANDS 

AMSTERDAM - Dutch voters to cast ballots in close parliamentary election.