Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

SANLIURFA / MARDIN - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party campaign rallies in southeastern Sanliurfa and Mardin provinces.

IZMIR - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to address public in Buca district and meet mukhtars, or heads of Turkish villages and neighborhoods, for luncheon, and to attend opening ceremony of a gymnastics championship.

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

UK

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May to host her Thai counterpart, Prayut Chan-o-cha in London.

LONDON - House of Commons to decide on giving MPs "meaningful vote" on outcome of Brexit negotiations between U.K. and the EU.

SWITZERLAND

NYON - Europa League second qualifying round draw ceremony to be held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold meeting with ex-FIFA President Joseph Blatter.

MOSCOW - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to arrive in Russia to watch Portugal - Morocco World Cup match.

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland​.

TAJIKISTAN

DUSHANBE - High-level international conference on "Water for Sustainable Development" to be held.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB / HOMS - Monitoring Syrian civil war.

YEMEN

MARIB - Following ongoing conflict between army, Houthis over western Al-Hudeidah province.​​

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar to meet in Addis Ababa for their first face-to-face meeting in two years.

SPORTS

ANKARA - World Cup coverage continues as Uruguay to meet Saudi Arabia in Group A match; Portugal to take on Morocco and Iran to face Spain in Group B matches.

US

SPECIAL REPORT: Small output rise from OPEC could boost prices: Experts

By Ovunc Kutlu

NEW YORK (AA) – Crude oil prices could rally in the medium term if the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia agrees to increase their total output less than expected during this week’s much-anticipated meeting, experts told Anadolu Agency on Wednesday.