Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Bakir Izetbegovic, head of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Party of Democratic Action, at Vahdettin Mansion.

ANKARA - Monitoring COVID-19 normalization process in Turkey, worldwide pandemic situation.

SCOTLAND

GLASGOW - ​​Following 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26).

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to hold press conference at Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, UK before departing for Washington.

WASHINGTON - Desk to monitor Virginia gubernatorial election and mayoral election for New York City.

SUDAN

KHARTOUM - Following situation in Sudan after arrests of several ministers, officials in military takeover.

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - Monitoring political developments, security situation in Afghanistan.

THE ECONOMY

LONDON - Data provider IHS Markit to release Manufacturing PMI of Eurozone for October.

MONTREAL - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) to announce Air Freight Results for September.

SPECIAL REPORT

Journalists urge end to impunity for attacks in war-torn Yemen

By Mohammed Alragawi

ISTANBUL (AA) – Yemeni journalist Hesham al-Yousefi was held for around five years and a half in a Houthi-run prison in war-torn Yemen.

SPECIAL REPORT

Fed ready to begin asset tapering amid US economic recovery: Analysts

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) – Possibly as soon as this week, the US Federal Reserve is ready to begin asset tapering, the process to reduce its asset purchases, amid the recovery in the American economy, analysts told Anadolu Agency.

SPECIAL REPORT

ANALYSIS - South Asia needs joint action plan to combat climate crisis

By Iftikhar Gilani

ANKARA (AA) - As the 26th UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, began in Glasgow, Scotland, there seem no efforts by South Asian nations to present a joint action plan to reverse the climate crisis in the region.

SPECIAL REPORT

Muslims in India should focus on education, says top leader

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - There is a need to focus on the education of Muslims in India with special attention on the elementary education of children, the newly elected chief of a renowned Islamic organization in India has said.

SPECIAL REPORT

Resumption of Zimbabwe’s sporting activities welcomed by athletes

By John Cassim

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) - Zimbabwean athletes have welcomed the government’s decision to allow sports to resume after being halted for more than a year and a half.

SPECIAL REPORT

Family of missing Tanzanian journalist awaits his return

By Kizito Makoye

KIBITI, Tanzania (AA) – Family members of award-winning journalist Azory Gwanda in Tanzania still hope for his return after he disappeared mysteriously in 2017.