Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend extended meeting with provincial heads of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party.

ANKARA - Following developments in Turkey's Operation Peace Spring east of Euphrates River in northern Syria.

IZMIR - Start of 2-day symposium focusing on problems of Turkish minority living on Greece’s Dodecanese islands.

US

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to meet on Syria behind closed-doors after Turkey's Operation Peace Spring.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - President Ilham Aliyev to receive Turkey's National Education Minister Yusuf Ziya Selcuk.

UK

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to meet his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar to discuss potential Brexit deal.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Merkel to deliver remarks at trade union meeting in Nuremberg.

SERBIA

NOVI SAD - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to hold trilateral meeting with Zoran Zaev and Edi Rama, prime ministers of Northern Macedonia and Albania.

SWEDEN

STOCKHOLM - Swedish Academy to announce Nobel Prize in Literature for both 2018 and 2019.

EGYPT

CAIRO - Following regional reactions to Turkey’s military operation in northern Syria.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Following situation after cautious calm prevailed throughout protest-hit country.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Following ongoing battles near country’s capital.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - Kenyan, Rwandan, and Ugandan heads of state to take part in grand opening of Unity Park, multimillion-dollar project within National Palace compound in Ethiopia’s capital.

SOUTH SUDAN

JUBA - Chair of South Sudan National Pre-transitional Committee (NPTC), body tasked with implementation of peace agreement, to brief media on preparation of committee towards formation of unitary government.

SPORTS

BELGRADE - Fenerbahce Beko to face Serbia's Crvena Zvezda in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague 2019-20 regular season match.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Depression common public health disease worldwide'

By Gozde Bayar

ANKARA (AA) - Nearly 800,000 people die due to suicide every year, or one person every 40 seconds, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

SPECIAL REPORT

Slaying of student rocks Bangladesh

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Huge protests erupted across Bangladesh after a university student was brutally tortured to death this week at the hands of fellow students aligned with the country's ruling party, for criticizing the government for making deals with India.

SPECIAL REPORT

War-weary Russian public opinion questions strategic gains in Syria

By Zaki Shaikh

LONDON (AA) - Much like in the U.S., the public in Russia is also growing weary of ongoing conflicts and the prolonged involvement of their armed forces abroad.