ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address district governors at Presidential Palace, later due to meet Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze.
ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet Janelidze.
ANKARA – Janelidze to speak at ambassadors’ conference. Deputy Prime Ministers Numan Kurtulmus, Nurettin Canikli to also speak.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – Senate committee hearings on nominations of John Kelly, Jeff Sessions for head of homeland security, attorney general respectively.
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama to deliver farewell address to nation from Chicago, Illinois.
WASHINGTON – Intelligence chiefs to testify before Senate committee on Russian intelligence activities amid claims of influence on presidential race.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to outline party’s plan for Britain leaving EU.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – Talks on reunification of Cyprus resume at UN with Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci, Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades.
GREECE
ATHENS – Greek court begins to hear appeal cases for fugitive Turkish soldiers wanted by Ankara in connection with July 15 coup attempt in Turkey.
IRAN
TEHRAN – State funeral of former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
GAMBIA
BANJUL – Court due to rule on President Yahya Jammeh’s challenge to election defeat on grounds of voting irregularities.
MYANMAR
YANGON – Diplomats visit Bangladesh to discuss issues of Rohingya Muslims who fled military crackdown in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
JAPAN
TOKYO – Landmark agreement with South Korea concerning Korean “comfort women” of World War II unravels as Tokyo recalls ambassador. MOVED
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn calls for comfort women agreement to be respected by Koreans. MOVED
