Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkish President Erdogan to join the 12th session of the Conference of the Parties of UN Convention to Combat Desertification.

ANKARA - Turkish FM Sinirlioglu to meet Hungarian counterpart Szijjarto.

EUROPE

BRUSSELS - Turkey’s EU Minister Dedeoglu to meet senior EU officials, including Enlargement Commissioner Hahn.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - World Health Organization Director-General Chan to hold press conference on global health situation.

ZURICH - FIFA Executive Committee emergency meeting to discuss presidential election.

FRANCE

STRASBOURG- European Court of Human Rights to announce judgment in the case of three Pakistani students who were arrested in the U.K. during a counterterrorism operation in 2009. They were detained for 13 days before being released without charge.

LYON - Leader of France's far-right political party Marine Le pen to face charges of inciting racial hatred during a speech in 2010.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - Russia and the United States are set to sign a memorandum of understanding on air safety over Syrian skies

WASHINGTON - The Middle East Policy Council to holds its 82nd Capitol Hill Conference titled "One Year Later: Assessing the Coalition Campaign Against ISIS [Daesh]".

WASHINGTON - The Center for Strategic and International Studies to hold discussion on "Human Rights Challenges in Europe: The Refugee Crisis and War in Ukraine”.

NEW YORK - UN to release 2015 World's Women Report - a report issued at five-year intervals on women's situation compared to men's on a broad range of fields.

NEW YORK - University of Mississippi student council to vote on whether to cease flying Mississippi state flag on their campus. The flag features a Confederate emblem that is viewed as a racist symbol by many. (MERITS)

AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORTS:

Zambia: Farmers struggle with rising costs

By Francis Maingalia

LUSAKA - Farmers in Zambia are struggling to cope with rising costs and agricultural output is falling off sharply.

Nigeria: Buhari puts pressure on oil industry

By Rafiu Ajakaye

LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigerian President Buhari is putting pressure on the country's oil producers, reviewing contracts and proposing higher taxes on the country's principal source of revenue.

MIDDLE EAST

SPECIAL REPORTS:

EU broadens sanctions on Syria

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA - The European Commission has extended the criteria for sanctions on Syria, including leading businesspersons, members of the ruling Assad family, some government ministers, and members of the regime's armed forces.

Interview with chief of Tunisia’s Ennahda

By Adel al-Tabty

TUNISIA - Ali el-Aryadh, former prime minister and secretary-general of the Ennahda movement, shares his views about Tunisia’s current political trajectory in an interview.

SOUTH ASIA

JAMMU KASHMIR

SRINIGAR - Slain driver’s funeral sets of protests, clashes in Jammu Kashmir

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

NORTH KOREA

SEOUL - Emotional reunions between families divided since Korean War.

PHILIPPINES

ZAMBOANGA - Abducted Philippines mayor and son found dead.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian PM to answer parliamentary questions about $700 million donation.