Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – Turkey marks 80th anniversary of death of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey.

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to lay wreath at Anitkabir, Ataturk’s mausoleum and later to attend commemorating ceremony at Bestepe People's Convention and Culture Center.

ANKARA/PARIS – Erdogan set to visit French capital Paris to attend dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron for visiting heads of states ahead of Paris Peace Forum to mark end of WWI.

ISTANBUL - The 37th International Istanbul Book Fair, for which Anadolu Agency is a global communication partner, to kick off.

ISTANBUL - Following case of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and national and international reactions.

FRANCE

PARIS – World leaders to gather in France ahead of Paris Peace Forum and centenary of the end of WWI.

PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump at Elysee Palace.

SYRIA

ALEPPO - Following developments in Syrian civil war.

PAKISTAN

SPECIAL REPORT

India's nuclear submarine could trigger arms race

By Aamir Latif and Islamuddin Sajid

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD - India earlier this week announced its first locally built nuclear-powered submarine had completed a patrol in the Indian Ocean -- a development that has the potential to escalate the nuclear arms race in the region.

SOUTH AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORT

Daesh could be recruiting in South Africa: Experts

By Hassan Isilow

JOHANNESBURG - Experts expressed fear Friday that Daesh might be recruiting in South Africa after prosecutors accused 11 men recently arrested in the city of Durban of having links to the terror group.

SPORTS

MADRID - World Karate Championships to continue in Madrid, Spain.