ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed.
TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS
LEFKOSA – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus President Mustafa Akinci to meet Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – Following Lausanne meeting, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to convene an emergency meeting on the situation in Syria, attended by his US and European counterparts.
KOREAS
SEOUL – South Korea condemns long-anticipated North Korean rocket launch; attempt appears to have failed. (MOVED)
THAILAND
BANGKOK – Thai Muslim organizations denounce “arbitrary arrests” of youths from country’s insurgency-plagued south, after information emerged earlier this month of an alleged bomb plot.
MYANMAR
YANGON – Military says three more suspected attackers – two of them women – killed in ambush in western Rakhine State amid ongoing clearance operations following raids on police stations.
