Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TÜRKİYE

ISTANBUL - 8th meeting of Türkiye-Qatar Supreme Strategic Committee to be held in Istanbul.

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani at Dolmabahce Palace.

ISTANBUL - Turkish, Qatari foreign ministers to hold joint news conference.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to deliver remarks on lowering costs for American families during visit to Irvine, California.

WASHINGTON - US Treasury Department to host meeting of countries imposing economic restrictions on Russia over war in Ukraine.

KAZAKHSTAN

ASTANA - Russian President Vladimir Putin to take part in summit of heads of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and first Russia-Central Asia summit.

UK

LONDON - British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly to host Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias.

GERMANY

BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to meet Mongolia’s Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene for talks on bilateral relations, regional issues.

BERLIN - Party of European Socialists congress starts.

THE ECONOMY

LUXEMBOURG - European statistical department to reveal international trade figures for August.

ANKARA - Turkish Central bank to share private sector’s foreign debt data for August.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to announce house sales statistics for September.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - Following Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 2 games. Turkish basketball club Fenerbahce Beko to face Israel’s Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv at home.

SPECIAL REPORT

Biden seeking off-ramp after escalating tensions with Saudi Arabia: Expert

By Michael Hernandez

WASHINGTON (AA) - US President Joe Biden and his senior officials have for over a week grown increasingly furious with Saudi Arabia in a public row over global oil production cuts.

SPECIAL REPORT

Flood victims in Pakistan return home to start from zero

By Aamir Latif

DADU, Pakistan (AA) - In the remote village of Allah Bachayo Phanwar in southern Pakistan, Mithal Chandio was combing through the debris looking for intact bricks so he could begin rebuilding his house, which was flattened by last month's devastating floods that submerged one-third of the country.