Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend opening ceremony of 1,000 schools built as part of Vocational Education Project, 50 centers of research and development held at Bestepe National Congress and Culture Center in Ankara. He is also due to chair Cabinet meeting at Presidential Complex.

ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to receive Jorge Pizarro SOTO, President of the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino). He is also due to attend signing ceremony on occasion of Turkey becoming observer member of Parlatino.

ANKARA - Following COVID-19 normalization process in Turkey, virus variants, worldwide pandemic situation.

SERBIA

BELGRADE - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend the summit to be held on the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), Greens, liberal Free Democrats (FDP) to meet for 2nd round of exploratory talks to form 3-way coalition government after last month's national election.

US

NEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to deliver remarks on Afghanistan.

AUSTRIA

VIENNA - Following developments after Sebastian Kurz stepped down as chancellor amid corruption probe.

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - Monitoring situation in Afghanistan after Taliban's formation of interim government.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release labor force statistics for August.

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to reveal balance of payment statistics for August.

LATVIA

RIGA - Turkish National Football Team will face Latvia in 2022 FIFA World Cup European Qualification Group G match.

SPECIAL REPORT

Israel employs detention as tool of mental torture: Psychiatrist

By Salam Abu Sharar

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) - Israeli forces arrest dozens of Palestinian political activists every day and night, either from their homes or at military checkpoints, exposing them to well-established security procedures designed to shake their mental resolve and stability, experts say.

SPECIAL REPORT

Indian village empowering girls by naming houses after daughters

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - When a remote village in India’s eastern Jharkhand started an initiative in 2016 to name houses after their daughters, they did not know it would make the village proud.

SPECIAL REPORT

As Thomas Sankara assassination trial begins: Anadolu Agency profiles former Burkina Faso leader

By James Tasamba

KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) - A military court in Burkina Faso’s capital of Ouagadougou is scheduled to begin the trial of 14 defendants in the 1987 assassination of former President of the West African country Thomas Sankara.

SPECIAL REPORT

Somalia hails Uganda’s peacekeeping role as it marks flag day

By Godfrey Olukya

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) - As Somalis celebrate National Flag Day, the Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF) has vowed to continue keeping the peace in Somalia until the county raises a sufficient army to be in charge of security.