Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, June 18, 2018
ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, June 18, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
SAMSUN / ORDU – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party campaign rallies in northern Samsun and Ordu provinces.
ISTANBUL – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to address public in Bagcilar district and meet eastern and southeastern opinion leaders and NGO representatives.
IZMIR – Yildirim also to address locals in Aegean Izmir province.
ANKARA – Anadolu Agency Editor’s Desk to host Youth and Sports Minister Osman Askin Bak.
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to announce labor force statistics for March.
GERMANY
MUNICH – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition partner CSU expected to announce controversial plan to stop illegal migration.
BERLIN – Merkel to meet Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte for talks on EU, international issues, and possibly immigration.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – Special UN Syria Envoy Staffan de Mistura to meet with senior Turkish, Russian, and Iranian officials for consultations towards establishing constitutional committee.
GENEVA – 38th session of UN Human Rights Council to begin with speeches by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB / HOMS – Monitoring Syrian civil war.
JORDAN
AMMAN – Following efforts by newly appointed Prime Minister Omar Razzaz to form new government.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD – Following ongoing controversy over results of hotly contested May 12 parliamentary poll.
YEMEN
MAARIB – Following ongoing fight between army and Houthi rebels over strategic Al-Hudeidah province.
ETHIOPIA
ADDIS ABABA – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to appear before parliament to answer questions over recent controversial decisions to implement Algiers agreement and privatize state monopolies.
PAKISTAN
SPECIAL REPORT: Pakistani Taliban in bind over choosing new leader
By Aamir Latif and Islamuddin Sajid
A bruising division is likely to hit the already fractured Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as it chooses a new head following the death of its leader in a U.S. drone strike last week, according to intelligence sources and local experts.
