TURKEY

ANKARA - Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu to chair executive board meeting.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Home Secretary Amber Rudd to appear before parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy.

FRANCE

PARIS - President Francois Hollande hosts German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy at Versailles ahead of EU reforms, Britain’s EU exit negotiations.

Embattled French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon vows that "no one" can force him to quit as he digs in despite calls to withdraw over an expenses scandal, with party leaders heading for a crisis meeting over his candidacy.

SEOUL

Nuclear-armed North Korea launches four ballistic missiles in another challenge to President Donald Trump, with three landing provocatively close to America's ally Japan.

ISTANBUL

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashes out at Germany for blocking rallies in support of him ahead of a vote on boosting his powers, likening the ban to "Nazi practices".

KUALA LUMPUR

Malaysia's prime minister says he expects no apology from North Korea over the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam at Kuala Lumpur's airport, as Pyongyang's ambassador faces a deadline to leave the country.