Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend high advisory board meeting at presidential complex.

ANKARA - Erdogan also due to chair his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s Central Executive Board’s (MYK) meeting at party headquarters.

ISTANBUL - Commemoration ceremony to be held in front of Saudi consulate on first anniversary of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Joint news conference of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte following German-Dutch joint Cabinet meeting.

DUSSELDORF - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend meeting in which 42 Turkish consuls general serving in European countries will gather.

ITALY

ROME - Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio to meet with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, they also due to hold joint news conference.

UK

LONDON - British government is expected to reveal details of alternative arrangements they are offering to EU to replace backstop clause in the withdrawal agreement.

LONDON - Slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to be remembered in ceremonies at British Library and the Amnesty International on his first death anniversary.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to attend 3rd Russian Energy Week International Forum. Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez to also participate in the forum.

US

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump to hold joint news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto.

WASHINGTON - Committee to Protect Journalists, human rights groups to mark first anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder with vigil in front of Saudi embassy.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Following anti-government protests in capital Baghdad and several southern cities in Iraq.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Trade Ministry to release preliminary foreign trade figures for Sept.

SPECIAL REPORT

Southern Thailand: Heartbreak of martial law

By Pizaro Gozali Idrus

PATANI, Thailand (AA) - Sumayyah Minka, 30, could not forget the face of her husband, Abdullah Isomuso, 32, on the night of July 20, 2019.

SPECIAL REPORT

South Sudan child soldiers attempt to rebuild lives

By Benjamin Takpiny

BOR, South Sudan (AA) - Makuei Anyieth was recruited in the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), at the tender age of 11.