Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to give speech at panel discussion on Islamophobia in Europe held for Dec. 10, Human Rights Day.

ANKARA - Following worldwide pandemic situation, efforts to study and stem new omicron coronavirus variant.

ITALY

VENICE - Turkey's Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul to attend justice ministers' meeting of Council of Europe.

UAE

ABU DHABI - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to meet with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan.

SPORTS

NYON, Switzerland - Following UEFA Champions League last 16, UEFA Europa League and Conference League knockout round playoff draws

ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to announce industrial production, retail sales and turnover indices for October

ANKARA - Turkey’s Central Bank to reveal balance of payments data for October

SPECIAL REPORT

We should act as humanity, not nations on space-related issues: Turkish official

By Busra Nur Cakmak

ANKARA (AA) - Regarding space-related issues, we should act as humanity, not nations, and Turkey already has partnerships with seven countries on several projects, according to the head of the Turkish Space Agency (TUA).

SPECIAL REPORT

ANALYSIS: Vast lithium reserves to transform Afghanistan from aid to trade economy​​​​​​​

By Iftikhar Gilani

ANKARA (AA) – The commitments held out by the countries at the recently concluded UN Climate Change Conference, or COP26, are largely contingent on the return of peace and stability in Afghanistan, as the country’s vast lithium reserves hold promise for global non-conventional energy requirements.

SPECIAL REPORT

How sanctions bar Iran from joining Paris climate accord

By Syed Zafar Mehdi

TEHRAN, Iran (AA) - Iran’s envoy to the UN, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, addressing the UN Security Council on Thursday, said the economic sanctions imposed on the country have impeded its efforts to tackle climate change

SPECIAL REPORT

Couple bids farewell to Afghanistan with long faces

By Islamuddin Sajid

KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – Azizi, a 57-year-old former NATO interpreter, his wife, and their teenage son bid farewell to Afghanistan last week for a European country with long faces, leaving behind two sons who still require parental care.