ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk to host Health Minister Fahrettin Koca.
SWITZERLAND
DAVOS – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak and Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to address World Economic Forum in Davos.
US
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial to continue in Senate.
NEW YORK – Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to deliver remarks on UN priorities for 2020.
LIBYA/RUSSIA/TURKEY
TRIPOLI/MOSCOW/ANKARA – Monitoring developments on diplomatic initiatives carried out to find solution to crisis in Libya following Berlin conference, as well as on cease-fire process.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB/RAQQA/HASAKAH – Monitoring developments after cease-fire brokered by Turkey and Russia came into effect in Idlib, which was targeted by Bashar al-Assad regime and allies.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD – Monitoring anti-government protests across country.
IRAN
TEHRAN – Following nationwide anti-government protests.
MALAWI
BLANTYRE – Following teachers’ strike over salary arrears.
ECONOMY
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release domestic tourism figures for third quarter of 2019.
ANKARA – Industry and Technology Ministry to reveal patent, trademark and design statistics for 2019.
SPECIAL REPORT
India: Victims of communal riots await justice 28 years on
By Riyaz ul Khaliq
ANKARA (AA) – India's commercial capital of Mumbai has not yet healed from the traumatic memories of the communal riots of December 1992.
SPECIAL REPORT
Siachen: The third pole
ANKARA (AA) – The Siachen Glacier, known as the world's highest battlefield, is located in the eastern Karakoram mountain range in the Himalayas, huddled next to the borders of Pakistan, India and China.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkey: Country of sanctuary for centuries
By Havva Kara Aydin
ANKARA (AA) – While Turkey is known as the world's highest refugee-hosting country with hosting 3.7 million Syrian refugees, this is only the most recent page in the country's history with migrants in need.
SPECIAL REPORT
Paraguay, Turkey strengthen trade, cooperation
By Lorena Flores from Anadolu Agency Spanish office
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AA) – Though Paraguay and Turkey have had permanent diplomatic relations since 1953, the opening of the Turkish Embassy in Asuncion on Nov. 20, 2018 marked a new stage in the process of strengthening ties.