Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend award ceremony at Bestepe National Congress and Culture Center.

ANKARA - Monitoring developments in Idlib, northwestern Syria, in wake of Monday's Assad regime attack martyring Turkish soldiers.

U.S.

NEW YORK- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to speak at UN Security Council about Trump administration's Israel-Palestine plan.

WASHINGTON - New Hampshire to hold first primary election of 2020 presidential race.

MONTENEGRO

PODGORICA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold news conference with his Montenegrin counterpart Srdjan Darmanovic.

PODGORICA - Cavusoglu also to attend business dinner and meet Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro and President of Bosniak Party, Rafet Husovic.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to hold news conference on the NATO Defense Ministers Meeting, which will be held on Feb. 12-13.

CHINA

WUHAN - Following global spread of coronavirus outbreak and efforts to fight it.

LIBYA / RUSSIA / TURKEY

TRIPOLI / MOSCOW / ANKARA - Monitoring diplomatic initiatives to reach cease-fire and find solution to Libya crisis.

ECONOMY

ZAGREB - Turkey's Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to attend Turkey-Croatia Round Table Meeting. Pekcan also to meet Darko Horvat, Croatia's minister of economy, entrepreneurship and crafts, and Gordon Grlic Radman, minister of foreign and european affairs.

SPORTS

ROME - Sports desk to follow 2020 European Wrestling Championships.

SPECIAL REPORT

No place to call home for Pakistani women in Kashmir

By Nusrat Sidiq

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Bereft of basic citizenship rights, around 350 Pakistani women have spent years of their lives as “stateless citizens” in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.

SPECIAL REPORT

Nigerians outraged over US immigration ban

By Olarewaju Kola

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) - Condemnation and outrage reverberated in most parts of Nigeria after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation that suspended issuance of immigrant visa to Nigerians and nationals of several other countries.

SPECIAL REPORT

OPINION: Saudis follow Iran’s 1994 somersault on Kashmir at OIC

By Iftikhar Gilani

Ankara (AA) - Is Saudi Arabia playing with Pakistan on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, in a similar way as Iran acted previously in 1994?

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkish, Pakistani leaders to discuss issues confronting Muslim world

By Aamir Latif and Islamuddin Sajid

KARACHI / ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) - During a two-day visit to Pakistan this week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan are expected to discuss a string of issues confronting the Muslim world, with special focus on the U.S.’ so-called peace plan and the Kashmir situation, according to local experts.

SPECIAL REPORT

Coronavirus outbreak disrupts daily life in China

By Fahri Aksut

ANKARA (AA) - Since it was first detected in China on Dec. 12, the novel coronavirus has been rapidly spreading, threatening daily life in one of the world’s most densely populated countries.

SPECIAL REPORT

Raed Salah: Iconic defender of Al-Aqsa Mosque

By Ahmed Asmar

ANKARA (AA) - An Israeli court on Monday sentenced Sheikh Raed Salah, an iconic Palestinian defender of Al-Aqsa Mosque, to 28 months in prison, as part of a series of persecutions he has been subject to.

SPECIAL REPORT

Ignoring oceans may lead to damaged ecosystems: Experts

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - Failure to protect the oceans, which regulate climate and weather patterns as well as provide various ecosystem services could cause irreversible damage to the ecosystems, according to experts.

SPECIAL REPORT

Peace deal presents new challenge for US-Jordanian ties

By Laith al-Jnaidi

AMMAN (AA) - America’s “peace plan” for the Middle East poses a real test for bilateral relations between Jordan and the United States which have existed for many years, during which Washington has viewed Amman as one of its most important strategic allies in the region.