Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to meet with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Bali, Indonesia.

WASHINGTON - Ukraine Defense Contact Group to hold virtual meeting chaired by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Chairman of Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley.

WASHINGTON - Sentencing to take place for Darrell Brooks, who drove through participants in holiday parade in Wisconsin in November 2021 and injured 40 people.

WASHINGTON - NASA to launch the Artemis I moon mission.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to convene on Ukraine.

POLAND

WARSAW - Following developments after 2 people were killed in suspected missile attack in Polish border village.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - NATO ambassadors to convene urgently under auspices of Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to examine suspected missile attack on Poland.

GERMANY

ELTVILLE - G7 interior ministers to discuss various issues, including war in Ukraine.

AUSTRIA

VIENNA - UN nuclear watchdog to hold board meeting.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - TurkStat to announce housing sales statistics for October.

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to release Outstanding Loans Received From Abroad by Private Sector for September.

SPORTS

DIYARBAKIR - Türkiye to host Scotland in international friendly football match.

SPECIAL REPORT

Arab countries enter World Cup in Qatar with hopes of bringing their fans glory

By Emre Asikci

ISTANBUL (AA) - With only four days to go until the world's biggest football event kicks off, Arab teams gear up to make the most out of this winter's Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.

SPECIAL REPORT

Sweden banning Islamic schools

By Leila Nezirevic

LONDON (AA) - The Swedish government continues to close Islamic schools despite many of them being among the best performing schools in the country, in a bid to push “anti-Islamic rhetoric” and “stop privatization” within educational sector.