ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday Jan. 20, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
KUTAHYA/USAK – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend provincial congress meetings of ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in western Kutahya and Usak provinces.
KUTAHYA – Erdogan to also attend opening ceremony of a factory.
ZONGULDAK/BILECIK – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend provincial congress meetings of AK Party in northwestern Bilecik and in the Black Sea province of Zonguldak.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – Monitoring developments on federal government's partial shutdown.
SYRIA
IDLIB – Monitoring ongoing regime airstrikes and artillery attacks on civilians in Syria, especially in Idlib province.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Pakistan: Police killing of Pashtun youth draw protests
By Amir Latif
KARACHI, Pakistan – The killing of an aspiring male model in a police shootout in the restive port city Karachi has sparked outcry on social media and angry protests in several parts of the country.