World Bulletin / News Desk

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s district congress in Istanbul.

ANKARA - Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag to meet British Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to announce workforce statistics of 2017.

BURSA - Uludag Economy Summit will begin. Main theme of the two-day event is "Future".

SWITZERLAND

MONTREUX/LAUSANNE - Turkish Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman to meet Turkish citizens and representatives of nongovernmental organizations.

SYRIA

IDLIB/AZAZ/AFRIN - Desk to monitor Turkey-led Operation Olive Branch against YPG/PKK-ISIL terror groups in Syria's Afrin.

EGYPT 

CAIRO - Egypt to open Rafah crossing for two days to allow people with humanitarian needs to leave blockaded Gaza Strip. 

PALESTINE 

RAMALLAH - Weekly protests expected to continue against Trump's decision to relocate U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.  

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - EU leaders summit in Brussels continues.