Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

SPECIAL REPORT: Stray cats make their home in historic Istanbul mosque

By Tuncay Kayaoglu

ISTANBUL (AA) - Anadolu Agency meets the young imam who went viral after his tender care for Istanbul's stray cats made headlines.

EUROPE

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Syria peace talks continue, with opposition due to meet UN envoy Staffan de Mistura.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron to host Donald Tusk, president of European Council, for talks on Britain's EU membership renegotiation.

MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORT: Algeria’s Bouteflika eyes constitutional change

By Abdel Rezaq bin Abdullah

ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) - After bringing Algeria’s intelligence apparatus under his control, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his ruling party now look set to realize sweeping constitutional changes.

AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORT: Ugandan scientist at Zika lab says virus is changing

By Halima Athumani

ENTEBBE, Uganda (AA) - A top scientist at the Uganda-based facility which first identified the Zika virus has told Anadolu Agency that the bug is multiplying and becoming more adaptable to humans.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

CHINA

BEIJING - China urges U.S. to respect its laws after U.S. destroyer reported sails close to Chinese-occupied islands.

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Thai junta to meet Facebook, WhatsApp representatives to ask them to remove content threatening national security or monarchy. Junta previously relied on court orders.

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE – Senior Australian Daesh member reported dead in Syria.