Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum to be special guest at Anadolu Agency Editors' Desk.

ANKARA - Ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party spokesperson Omer Celik to hold press conference.

ANKARA - EU statistics office Eurostat to release industrial production figures for September.

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

BELARUS

MINSK - Turkish Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim to visit school built by Turkey as well as Minsk Mosque.

CHINA

BEIJING - Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul to meet with his Chinese counterpart Fu Zhenghua.

UK

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to hold Cabinet meeting to discuss final Brexit deal with her ministers after taking questions from lawmakers in House of Commons.

US

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Khalid bin Muhammad al-Atiyah.

WASHINGTON - Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs to release report on costs of U.S. wars since Sept. 11, 2001.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa to lead South African delegation to European Union in France and Belgium for two-day working visit, where he will address European Parliament and meet top officials there.

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - African foreign ministers meet today to discuss reform ahead of extraordinary session of heads of state on same issue.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring Syrian civil war.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘Turkey can play bigger role in new global order’

By Meryem Goktas

ANKARA - Turkey can play a big role in the new global order, according to a Japanese political scientist.

RUSSIA

SPECIAL REPORT

Russia betting on Taliban victory in Afghanistan

By Elena Teslova

MOSCOW - Thirty years after its defeat in Afghanistan, Russia has made common cause with what was once its bitterest enemy in the country -- the Taliban movement.