ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum to be special guest at Anadolu Agency Editors' Desk.
ANKARA – Ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party spokesperson Omer Celik to hold press conference.
ANKARA – EU statistics office Eurostat to release industrial production figures for September.
ISTANBUL – Following national and international reactions to case of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
BELARUS
MINSK – Turkish Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim to visit school built by Turkey as well as Minsk Mosque.
CHINA
BEIJING – Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul to meet with his Chinese counterpart Fu Zhenghua.
UK
LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May to hold Cabinet meeting to discuss final Brexit deal with her ministers after taking questions from lawmakers in House of Commons.
US
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Khalid bin Muhammad al-Atiyah.
WASHINGTON – Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs to release report on costs of U.S. wars since Sept. 11, 2001.
SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa to lead South African delegation to European Union in France and Belgium for two-day working visit, where he will address European Parliament and meet top officials there.
ETHIOPIA
ADDIS ABABA – African foreign ministers meet today to discuss reform ahead of extraordinary session of heads of state on same issue.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB – Monitoring Syrian civil war.
SPECIAL REPORT
‘Turkey can play bigger role in new global order’
By Meryem Goktas
ANKARA – Turkey can play a big role in the new global order, according to a Japanese political scientist.
RUSSIA
SPECIAL REPORT
Russia betting on Taliban victory in Afghanistan
By Elena Teslova
MOSCOW – Thirty years after its defeat in Afghanistan, Russia has made common cause with what was once its bitterest enemy in the country — the Taliban movement.
