ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will attend a ceremony for relatives of martyrs and veterans in Ankara.
ANKARA – Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman to meet Polish counterpart Marek Kuchcinski.
ISTANBUL – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend 9th edition of Investment Advisory Council of Turkey .
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS – Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik to attend second session of meetings of NATO defense ministers.
FRANCE
PARIS – Turkish Culture Minister Nabi Avci to meet representatives of tourism sector and UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova.
CALAIS – Authorities finalize operation to close down migrant camp known as the Jungle.
STRASBOURG – European Parliament President Martin Schulz to announce winner of Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura and Special Adviser Jan Egeland to brief press following meeting of International Syria Support Group’s Humanitarian Access Task Force.
ESTONIA
TALLINN – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas, counterpart Jurgen Ligi, separately.
SIERRA LEONE
SPECIAL REPORT – Sierra Leone’s Ebola survivors fighting discrimination
By Alpha Kamara
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – The 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa devastated entire communities but even two years later some of those who survived the deadly pandemic are struggling with a new foe – discrimination.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD – Sectarian tensions mount as Shia militias prepare to take part in campaign to liberate Mosul from Daesh.
KUWAIT
KUWAIT CITY – Trial of political activist Sarah al-Drees.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – Seoul to risk people’s wrath by re-opening talks on sharing military intelligence with former colonial master Japan. (moved)
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE – Papua New Guinea Supreme Court hears application for 302 asylum seekers in Manus island detention center seeking to return to Australia, after an earlier court ruling found the facility illegal.
JAPAN
TOKYO – Prince Mikasa, oldest member of imperial family and uncle of Emperor Akihito, dies at 100. (moved)
