ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address at Turkish Academy of Sciences’ award ceremony at the presidential complex.
ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend an award ceremony at Justice and Development (AK) Party headquarters. Yildirim will also chair his party’s executive committee meeting.
ANKARA – Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk to host Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak.
ANKARA – Turkey Foreign Ministry Deputy Undersecretary Umit Yalcin and Israel’s Foreign Ministry Director General Yuval Rotem to hold talks, the first-of-its kind since 2010 Mavi Marmara attack.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – Senate expected to vote on President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the State Department, former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson.
UK
LONDON – The ongoing debate at the parliament over a proposed Article 50 bill.
LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May to respond questions regarding the latest domestic and international developments at the parliament.
FRANCE
PARIS – President Francois Hollande to meet the European Commission’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier ahead of the EU leaders’ summit in Valetta.
TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS
LEFKOSA – President Mustafa Akinci and his Greek Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades to meet as part of ongoing peace process.
IRAQ
NINEVEH – Iraqi forces gear up for fresh army ops to ‘liberate’ Daesh-held western Mosul.
SAUDI ARABIA
RIYADH – Omani sultan to attend Saudi culture festival in sign of warming ties between Gulf neighbors.
ZAMBIA
Special Report:
Clergy, NGOs seek end to child sexual assault
By Francis Maingaila
LUSAKA – ‘This is a tragedy, and we demand the protection of children,’ says Archbishop Tresphore Mpundu of the sexual assault of minors.
