Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

ALBANIA

TIRANA - EU-Western Balkans summit to be held in Albanian capital.

TÜRKİYE

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Romanian counterpart Bogdan Aurescu to hold joint press conference.

US

WASHINGTON - US Special Envoy for Yemen Timothy Lenderking to testify before House Foreign Affairs Committee panel.

WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden to travel to Phoenix, Arizona to visit Taiwanese-owned facility manufacturing computer chips.

WASHINGTON - Voters in US state of Georgia to take part in key run-off election between US Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin co-host the 2022 Australia-U.S. Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations at the Department of State.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to hold meeting on situation in Ukraine.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Accompanied by the top brass of the Turkish Armed Forces, Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to follow Distinguished Observer Day activities of Türkiye-Azerbaijan joint drill.

UK

LONDON - Scottish Affairs Committee to hold session with Defence Secretary Ben Wallace on Scottish defense.

FINLAND

HELSINKI - Finland to mark its declaration of independence from Russia in 1917.

THE ECONOMY

BERLIN - Destatis to share Germany’s factory orders data.

PARIS - OECD to release inflation figures.

SPORTS

DOHA / AL DAAYEN, Qatar - 2022 FIFA World Cup continues with last 16, Morocco vs. Spain, Portugal vs. Switzerland.

SPECIAL REPORT

Danish authorities sent letters to Syrian children threatening they will be forcibly removed from the country

By Leila Nezirevic

LONDON (AA) - Denmark, once renowned as a liberal society with respect for human rights, has taken one of the hardest lines on asylum and migration in recent years by becoming the first country in Europe to revoke residence permits for Syrian refugees.

SPECIAL REPORT

ANALYSIS - Is Poland’s ruling coalition on the verge of collapse?

By Jo Harper

WARSAW (AA) – It’s hardly a secret that the prime minister of Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS)-led coalition government, Mateusz Morawiecki, and Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro have never been best friends. Even PiS’s founder and king-maker, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, recently admitted that "there is some tension" between the two.

SPECIAL REPORT

UK Muslim shop owner offers help to would-be thief after botched attempt to steal mobile phones

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

LONDON (AA) – A Muslim shop owner in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire has offered help to a would-be-thief after a botched attempt to steal mobile phones from his shop remained fruitless thanks to an automatic door lock.

SPECIAL REPORT

Iran may phase out morality police but mandatory Hijab to stay

By Syed Zafar Mehdi

TEHRAN, Iran (AA) - Iranian attorney general's remark that the morality police, known locally as "guidance patrol", has been "put to a standstill" has whipped up a storm, fueling speculation that the controversy-ridden force may have been disbanded amid month-long protests.