Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

US

WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to attend in-person discussion hosted by Center for Strategic and International Studies.

WASHINGTON - Suspect accused of breaking into home of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, husband Paul Pelosi in October to appear in court on charges related to break-in, subsequent attack on Paul.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss political, human rights situation in Syria.

WASHINGTON - Charles McGonigal, former top FBI counterintelligence official arrested, charged with helping Russian oligarch evade US sanctions, to appear in court via video link.

FRANCE

STRASBOURG - European Court of Human Rights to announce decision on admissibility of three cases against Russia related to war in Ukraine, 2014 downing of flight MH17.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz to answer questions from lawmakers in Bundestag amid international discussion on supply of tanks to Ukraine.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to host Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to visit Moscow State University on occasion of Student's Day.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Central Bank to release manufacturing sector's capacity utilization rate for January.

SPORTS

MELBOURNE, Australia - Following 2023 Australian Open quarterfinals, first Grand Slam of year.

NOTTINGHAM, UK - Nottingham Forest to face Manchester United in English League Cup (Carabao) semifinals.

SPECIAL REPORT

Swedish-Assyrians explain how they stopped Paludan from burning Quran in their town

By Mehmet Solmaz

STOCKHOLM (AA) – Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right party Stram Kurs (Hard Line), has managed to cause uproar by burning the Muslim sacred book in different parts of Sweden, but in one small town, Sodertalje, he failed after the intervention of a Swedish-Assyrian.

SPECIAL REPORT

3 QUESTIONS - Quran burning in Sweden

By Mehmet Osman Gulyesil

ISTANBUL (AA) – The recent Quran burning in Sweden shocked the Muslim world, but the historical background of disrespect against religion says a lot about the current times.

SPECIAL REPORT

Sweden's road to NATO: What did they promise, to what extent it was kept?

By Busra Nur Cakmak

ANKARA (AA) – Sweden and Finland formally applied to join NATO last May, abandoning decades of military non-alignment, a decision spurred by Russia's war on Ukraine, which started on Feb. 24, 2022.