ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday Oct. 20, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet NGO representatives at Presidential Palace.
ANKARA – Erdogan to meet intelligence chief Hakan Fidan, Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar amid terror threats in Turkey, military involvement in Syria. Fidan, Akar will later meet Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
ANKARA – Finance Minister Naci Agbal to attend Anadolu Agency’s Editor’s Desk to discuss current events.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS – EU national leaders meet for two-day summit on migration, Turkey, trade, relations with Russia.
IRAQ
NINEVEH – Iraqi army campaign to liberate Daesh-held Mosul enters fourth day.
SYRIA
DAMASCUS – Russia implements eight-hour cease-fire in Aleppo to allow humanitarian assistance, evacuation.
FRANCE
PARIS – Ministers from at least 20 countries including Turkey to meet on political future of Mosul after operation to retake city from Daesh.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – International Syria Support Group task force to meet at UN to discuss humanitarian situation in Aleppo. UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura to hold news conference.
GENEVA – World Health Organization representative for Haiti, Jean-Luc Poncelet, to hold news briefing on health situation following Hurricane Matthew.
KAZAKHSTAN
ALMATY – Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov to meet Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu ahead of strategic cooperation meeting between the two nations.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – Preview of The Art of the Quran: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts exhibition at Freer and Sackler Galleries.
PALESTINE
RAMALLAH – Middle East’s largest ancient mosaic to be unveiled at historical Umayyad palace near Jericho.
GAMBIA
BANJUL – African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to open.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – North Korean missile launch fails, according to U.S., South Korea. (MOVED)
CHINA
BEIJING – President Xi Jinping to meet Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte to sign trade, cooperation agreements.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA – Three police officers stabbed by suspected Daesh sympathizer.
UNITED KINGDOM
MANCHESTER – Manchester United to host Fenerbahce in UEFA Europa League match.
YEMEN
SPECIAL REPORT: Yemen war overshadows Bab el-Mandeb
By Zakaria al-Kamali
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – A bruising war in Yemen between Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed government forces is casting a pall over international navigation through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a strategic chokepoint for oil flows.
SWEDEN
SPECIAL REPORT: Refugee women find solace in Swedish crochet project
By Elin Joensson
STOCKHOLM (AA) – There is little doubt that walking many streets in Syria is a life-threatening experience.
