ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday Jan. 4, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to speak at Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk.
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address local administrators at Presidential Palace.
ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet U.K. Minister for Europe Alan Duncan at Cankaya Palace. Duncan to separately meet EU Minister Omer Celik.
TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS
LEFKOSA – President Mustafa Akinci to meet Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades for ongoing, UN-brokered reunification talks.
ISRAEL
JAFFA – Verdict expected in case of soldier charged with manslaughter for killing wounded Palestinian after an alleged knife attack.
KENYA
NAIROBI – Opposition leader Raila Odinga calls for protests against government plans for manual counting of results for next year’s presidential election, claiming it will aid malpractice.
SYRIA
ALEPPO – Follow up on cease-fire brokered by Turkey and Russia amid claims of violations.
ALEPPO – Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield continues to target terrorists, specifically around Al-Bab.
EGYPT
CAIRO – Arab League meeting on Syrian conflict.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden to meet with military chiefs.
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team to hold news conference.
FRANCE
PARIS – President Francois Hollande to deliver New Year’s message as part of series of speeches laying out vision for the year.
PARIS – Leader of far-right Front National Marine Le Pen — a candidate in next year’s presidential elections — to give news conference.
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES – 105-year-old cyclist Robert Marchand to attempt world record in senior endurance race.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – Acting president, Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, says 2017 will be “critical” in curbing North Korea’s nuclear plans. (MOVED)
PHILIPPINES
ZAMBOANGA CITY – More than 150 inmates escape jail in troubled south during raid by gunmen. A guard and one inmate killed. (MOVED)
