TURKEY

ORDU, GIRESUN - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan due to address to crowd in Black Sea Provinces Ordu and Giresun with three days left to constitutional referendum.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to receive Chief of General Staff, Gen. Hulusi Akar at Cankaya Palace.

KUTAHYA/BILECIK - Yildirim to address public in western Kutahya, northwestern Bilecik province. 

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik to meet U.S. counterpart James Mattis at Pentagon and later speak at panel of Ankara-based think tank SETA -- Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research.

FRANCE

PARIS - Announcement of line-up for 70th Cannes Film Festival.

LYON - Turkey's Besiktas to take on France's Lyon Thursday in UEFA Europa League quarter-final match-up at Olympique Lyonnais Stadium at 10.05 p.m. local time (1905GMT).

LEBANON

BEIRUT - Lebanese parliament to vote on bill that would extend its term until mid-2018. 

PALESTINE

JERUSALEM (AA) - Sheikh Khader al-Eweewi, 73, spent last four decades serving -- and defending -- Jerusalem’s iconic Al-Aqsa Mosque.

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) - Kabul appears to have softened its stance on Russia’s alleged support for Taliban as Moscow prepares stage for international conference on Afghanistan on Friday.