ANKARA
Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday Nov. 12, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL - Turkish President Erdogan to meet with Belarus Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov in Mabeyn Palace.
ISTANBUL - Turkish humanitarian charity IHH unveils detailed plans to aid millions of refugees as winter months approach.
SPECIAL REPORT:
ANKARA - Do Turks still eat healthy?
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum and Bahattin Gonultas
ANKARA (AA) - Do Turks still eat healthy? Today, an increasing number choose quick and easy options, but express nostalgia for the traditional Turkish meal.
EUROPE
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON - Indian PM Narendra Modi to begin official visit to UK, to include meeting with David Cameron. Demonstrations are planned to oppose his visit.
LONDON - Shah Jahan Mosque -- UK re-inaugurates first Muslim First World War memorial in Woking, southern England.
LONDON - Stand Up to Racism vigil at Downing Street in support of refugees, calling on Cameron to do more to help migrants in light of freezing winter conditions.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Is the UK abandoning basic human rights for money?
By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal
LONDON (AA) - Analysis - Six months after the U.K.’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond led a British delegation of investors to Sharm el-Sheikh to strengthen relations with Egypt, the country's onetime junta leader and current president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi -- who is yet to hold a democratic election -- received the red-carpet treatment in London last week.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to make a speech at UN Human Rights Council right after opposition figures requested an International Criminal Court investigation of Venezuela’s leader into ‘crimes against humanity’ ahead of elections in the country.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - EU heads of government and African leaders will gather in Malta for the last day of a two-day summit to discuss the refugee crisis.
BRUSSELS (AA) - Analysis - Experts say EU's decision to release guidelines for labeling products made in Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land is 'not enough' and 'far more must be done' to differentiate between Israel and its settlements.
GREECE
ATHENS - Greek unions have called a general strike on Thursday which is expected to halt transport and public services across the country.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Greek government races for compromise with creditors
by Vasiliki Mitsiniotou
ATHENS (AA) - The Greek government is racing to draft measures intended to achieve a compromise with the country's European creditors, so that much-needed bailout funds may be released.
AMERICAS
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State John Kerry to talk US strategy in Syria at the United States Institute for Peace.
NEW YORK - New York's Fed chief William Dudley to deliver speech at an economic think-tank. May include comments on timing of a possible Fed interest rate hike.
MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA
Saudi Arabia's military campaign in Yemen, 8 months on
By Ahmed El-Masri
DOHA, Qatar (AA) - For the past eight months, a Saudi Arabia-led coalition has been waging a military campaign in Yemen against the Shia Houthi militant group and forces loyal to Yemen’s former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, in an effort to prop up the government of the country’s current president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Azerbaijan economy diversifies, becomes less dependent on oil and gas
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA (AA) - The economy of Azerbaijan is successfully diversifying its economy, becoming less dependent on oil and gas exports.
AFRICA
SPECIAL REPORT:
KENYA
Kenya: Heavy rains rattle economy as tea producers suffer
By Magdalene Mukami
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) - Heavy rain is hurting production of tea, one of Kenya's key exports.
ETHIOPIA
SPECIAL REPORT:
Ethiopia: African leaders call for climate-change pact at COP21
By Addis Getachew
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - A group of African leaders, along with UN experts, have issued a statement calling for an agreement on climate change at the Paris COP21 conference dealing with the continent's urgent needs to address this issue.
SOUTH ASIA
SPECIAL REPORT:
NEPAL
Nepal reels from fuel shortage due to Indian embargo
By Deepak Adhikari
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AA) - As dusk falls on Kathmandu, a city reeling from an acute fuel shortage, Manoj Adhikari, a maker of sweets, stands in his modest shop near a busy street, watching two vats of cooking oil being heated over a wood fire.
SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC
THAILAND
BANGKOK - Former Thai PM asks junta chief for fair trial over claims she was partly responsible for $16 billion state losses during time in power.
CHINA
BEIJING - Rights group: Despite reforms, torture still problem in China.
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE - Australia: Alleged rioters in detention camp shutdown flown to prison.
