ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):</p> <p> </p> <p>TURKEY </p> <p>ANKARA – President and ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party chair Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend the extended provincial heads meeting at party headquarters.</p> <p>ANKARA – Following local and international developments in case of killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
US
NEW YORK – UN General Assembly members to meet to vote on a US-promoted resolution condemning activities of Hamas and other groups in Gaza.
CANADA
OTTAWA – Canada and US to co-host a meeting of top 13 military contributing nations to international coalition to defeat Daesh. Canada's Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan and US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis due to attend.
ITALY
MILAN – Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend 25th Council of Ministers Meeting of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
KYRGYZSTAN
BISHKEK – Turkish Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim to meet with his Kyrgyz counterpart Dastanbek Djumabekov.
GERMANY
HAMBURG – Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet with Christian Democratic Union’s executive committee ahead of party conference on Friday to elect her successor.
SWEDEN
STOCKHOLM – Yemen peace talks mediated by UN special envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths to start with participation of Yemeni legitimate government and Houthis.
AUSTRIA
VIENNA – 175th ordinary meeting of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) conference to be held.
FRANCE
PARIS – Following nationwide “yellow vest ” protests.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.
SPORTS
ISTANBUL – Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 11 matches to be played as Turkey's Darussafaka Tekfen to host Israeli basketball giants Maccabi FOX in Istanbul.
SPECIAL REPORT
India: Tight security ahead of day mosque was destroyed
By Ahmad Adil
NEW DELHI, India (AA) – Security has been tightened in Uttar Pradesh, India on the eve of Thursday’s 26th anniversary of the demolition of a 16th century mosque.
