Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEYANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair National Security Council meeting at presidential complex.ANKARA – After attending his party’s central executive board meeting, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend National Security Council meeting. ANKARA – Turkey’s statistics body TurkStat to announce foreign trade figures for October.
TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUSLEFKOSA – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to meet with Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Mustafa Akinci and Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades.
AUSTRIAVIENNA – OPEC oil-producing nations to meet in Vienna.
FRANCEPARIS- French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault to host Brita Hagi Hasan, chairman of the Aleppo Local Council, to discuss the situation of the Syrian city.
GERMANYBERLIN – Senior U.S. and European officials to discuss fight against terrorism at Berlin Security Conference.BERLIN – German parliament to debate Syria, amid fierce bombardment by al-Assad regime targeting residential areas, hospitals, and humanitarian facilities.
BELGIUMBRUSSELS – Turkey’s Minister for EU Affairs Omer Celik to meet with Frans Timmermans, first vice-president of the European Commission; Dimitris Avramopoulos, EU commissioner for migration, home affairs and citizenship; and Julian King, commissioner for security union.BRUSSELS – Celik to give a speech at Education in Emergencies Forum.
UNITED KINGDOMLONDON – Ziya Altunyaldız, head of Turkish parliament’s Industry, Trade, Energy, Natural Resources, Information and Technology Commission, and commission members to hold press conference on their contacts in the U.K.LONDON – Prime Minister’s Question Time at House of Commons. LONDON – Migration Watch U.K. report expected to be published by the government.
PALESTINE JERUSALEM – Israel’s Knesset to vote on controversial bill to limit use of loudspeakers for Muslim call to prayer.
TUNISIA TUNIS – Landmark conference on investment and sustainable development wraps up in cash-strapped Tunisia.
SPECIAL REPORT 7th Fatah congress becomes political battlefield By Kaamil Ahmed
JERUSALEM (AA) – Amid mounting anger in Gaza City, images of longstanding Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas go up in flames.
AMERICASWASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to address U.S. Middle East strategy.WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry participates in a bilateral meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to sign landmark bilateral Memorandum of Understanding on protecting cultural property.
SPECIAL REPORTOil prices to fall sharply if OPEC deal failsBy Ovunc Kutlu
NEW YORK – Crude oil prices could face sharp and sudden decline if OPEC fails to reach agreement Wednesday to curb production, experts tell Anadolu Agency.
KOREASEOUL – Impeachment demands for S. Korean president snowball as days of reckoning approach.
THAILANDBANGKOK – Soldier killed, 3 injured, in bomb attack in insurgency-ridden Thai south.
SINGAPORESINGAPORE – Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi makes official visit amid regional furor over Myanmar’s treatments of Muslim Rohingya.