World Bulletin / News Desk

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend the General Assembly of Knowledge Dissemination Foundation (Ilim Yayma Vakfi) and Turkey Tradesmen Gathering.

ERZINCAN / SIVAS - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to address public rallies as part of ongoing referendum campaign and visit the governorships of the provinces.

ISTANBUL - Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu to meet a group of local administrators (mukhtars).

CHINA

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson prepares to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping hours after North Korea tests a powerful new rocket engine, adding pressure to address the Pyongyang threat 

INDIA

Moving a FOCUS on an Indian government crackdown on corruption as a new law makes it illegal for assets to be hidden in another's name -- part of a drive to flush out undeclared "black money" 

JAPAN

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to leave for four-day trip to Europe as the EU aims to close a free trade deal with Tokyo 

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Operation to liberate Mosul, northern Iraq, from Daesh continues.

SYRIA

ALEPPO - Latest developments from Turkish-backed Operation Euphrates Shield to repel Daesh terrorists in northern Syria.