World Bulletin / News Desk

TURKEY

KAHRAMANMARAS/GAZIANTEP – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party campaign rallies in southeastern Kahramanmaras and Gaziantep provinces. 

ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar at Cankaya Palace and later to address AK Party supporters in various districts of Ankara. 

ANKARA -  TurkStat to release June consumer confidence index . 

ANKARA - Ministry of Economy to announce April foreign direct investment figures.

UNITED STATES 

DALLAS – Official ceremony to be held for delivery of Turkey’s first F-35 aircraft from United States.

SPECIAL REPORT: Congress to pressure OPEC with Trump support

By Ovunc Kutlu

NEW YORK - Legislation being debated in Congress could put pressure on OPEC if it is signed into law by President Donald Trump who has long been critical of the cartel's practices.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May to host NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in London.

LONDON - President of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker to start 2-day-long visit to Ireland.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to hold meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. 

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to hold meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB / HOMS - Monitoring Syrian civil war.

SPORTS

ANKARA - In FIFA World Cup, Argentina to meet Croatia in Group D match, and in Group C matches Denmark to take on Australia and France to face Peru.