Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Anitkabir, mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of Turkish Republic, as part of 96th Republic Day commemorations.

ANKARA - Erdogan also due to host Republic Day reception at Bestepe National Congress and Culture Center in capital.

ANKARA - Ceremonies to be held across Turkey, as well as in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Turkish missions abroad, to commemorate 96th Republic Day.

ANKARA - Following developments in Turkey's deals with US, Russia on northern Syria.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - UN special envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen to meet foreign ministers of Turkey, Russia and Iran to discuss Syria’s new Constitutional Committee. Three ministers also due to hold news conference in Astana peace process format following meeting.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - House of Commons to vote on government bill on proposed early general election on Dec. 12.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to hold talks with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez.

MOSCOW - Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to take part in unveiling ceremony of monument to late Russian diplomat Yevgeny Primakov.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Monitoring developments in anti-corruption demonstrations in capital.

LEBANON

BEIRUT - Monitoring developments in anti-tax demonstrations in capital.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPORTS

ANKARA - Turkish basketball team Anadolu Efes to face Spain’s Real Madrid in fifth round match of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague in Istanbul.

SPECIAL REPORT

Pakistan's Karachi in danger of losing wildlife

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) - Pakistan's largest city Karachi is today a picture of glossy skyscrapers, bustling shopping centers, shanty slums, and massive traffic jams like any other metropolis around the world.