ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Wednesday, March 8, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
IZMIR – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to hold rally as part of April 16 constitutional referendum campaign.
ANKARA – Anadolu Agency’s Editor’s Desk to host EU Minister Omer Celik.
ANKARA – Turkey’s head of Religious Affairs Directorate Mehmet Gormez to name International Benevolence Awards winners.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu to meet German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel amid tensions between two countries over Turkey’s referendum campaign.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, will share findings of her report on impact of global pesticide use in agriculture.
AMERICAS
WASHINGTON – Women across the country expected to participate in general strike on International Women’s Day.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May to hold cabinet meeting and reply to questions regarding Brexit timetable at parliament following second amendment vote by House of Lords.
LONDON – Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to meet British Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox, international investors at Bloomberg event.
SPECIAL REPORT: Solidarity with Palestine in Northern Ireland’s murals
By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AA) – The tragedy of Northern Ireland’s 30-year conflict is obvious to even the most casual of visitors to the region’s capital — it is daubed on the walls of end-of-terrace houses in huge murals that dominate parts of the city.
PALESTINE / ISRAEL
JERUSALEM – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
EGYPT
CAIRO – Retrial begins for 156 Egyptians charged with killing 14 policemen in 2013.
TUNISIA
TUNIS – Judges to go on strike to protest poor working conditions.
IRAQ
OPINION: Western Mosul proving tough nut to crack
By Mustafa al-Dabbagh
ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – The battle for western Mosul — where Daesh has dug in — has been considerably more difficult than the earlier fight for the city’s eastern half.
KENYA
NAIROBI – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to discuss famine and drought in East Africa.
UGANDA
SPECIAL REPORT: Uganda to take action against FETO-linked schools
By Halima Athumani
KAMPALA – Turkish Ambassador to Uganda, Sedef Yavuzalp has expressed confidence that Uganda will take necessary steps to transfer FETO-linked schools to Turkey’s Maarif Foundation.
