ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ruling AK Party's weekly group meeting at parliament.
ANKARA – Erdogan to attend judges and prosecutors' appointment ceremony at Bestepe Congress Center. Erdogan later to attend AK Party's Central Executive Board meeting.
ANKARA – Parliament to debate presidential decree on one-year extension of Turkey’s military support for UN Interim Force in Lebanon.
ANKARA – TurkStat to release production and turnover indices for manufacturing sector.
ANKARA – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Turkish Cypriot counterpart Kudret Ozersay to attend symposium and give joint news conference.
ISTANBUL – Following developments concerning disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi from Saudi Consulate.
GERMANY
BERLIN – News conference of Christian Social Union (CSU) leader and Interior Minister Horst Seehofer after CSU suffered huge losses in Sunday's regional Bavarian polls.
UK
LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May to chair Cabinet meeting to discuss outline of final Brexit deal being negotiated with the EU.
US
WASHINGTON – Man found guilty of burning Victoria Islamic Center in January to be sentenced.
NEW YORK – UN Security Council to discuss Syria.
SAUDI ARABIA
RIYADH – Visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
YEMEN
SANAA – Monitoring developments on civil war in Yemen.
PAKISTAN
KARACHI – Turkish-designed fleet-tankers to be delivered to Pakistan in one of Turkish defense industry’s largest single exports.
RUSSIA
SOCHI – Informal meeting of President Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
MOSCOW – Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov to meet US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun.
SPORTS
ISTANBUL – Second round of THY Euroleague to kick off.
BUENOS AIRES – Third Youth Olympic Games continue in Argentina.
