ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday Jan. 9, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President and ruling AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdogan to speak at his party's group meeting at parliament.
ANKARA – Erdogan to receive his Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic with ceremony at the presidential complex. After closed meeting and inter-delegation work session, two leaders to hold joint press conference.
ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend ruling AK Party group meeting at parliament.
ANKARA – Parliamentary group meetings of AK Party, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).
ANKARA – Health Minister Ahmet Demircan to receive Chad Deputy Issaka Issa Youssouf, who was brought to Turkey for health treatment.
TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS
LEFKOSA – Monitoring developments following unofficial results in snap election.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Chancellor Merkel’s conservative bloc CDU/CSU and Social Democrats to meet for new round of coalition talks and discuss issues of finance, taxes, and domestic security.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May to hold Cabinet meeting following yesterday's reshuffle.
IRAN
TEHRAN – Monitoring developments in wake of demonstrations across the country
CAMEROON
YAOUNDE – President Paul Biya Yaounde to receive Equatorial Guinean counterpart Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in wake of December attempted coup in his country.
SPECIAL REPORT – By Aamir Latif
'US, Pakistan tensions undercut regional peace'
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s first tweet of the New Year followed by the suspension of military aid to Pakistan have brought checkered relations between the two allies to their lowest ebb, according to local analysts.