Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Pakistan on 2-day official visit. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan due to welcome Erdogan with official ceremony.

ISLAMABAD - Erdogan also due to meet with his Pakistani counterpart Arif Alvi.

TURKEY

ANKARA - Monitoring developments in Idlib, northwestern Syria, in wake of Assad regime attacks martyring Turkish soldiers.

ZAMBIA

LUSAKA - Following Turkish Family, Labor and Social Services Minister Zehra Zumrut Selcuk's visit to Zambia.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - Senate to vote on President Donald Trump’s war powers amid escalating tension with Iran.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Second day of NATO Defense Ministers meeting to be held.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for talks on bilateral relations, regional issues.

CHINA

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

LIBYA / RUSSIA / TURKEY

TRIPOLI / MOSCOW / ANKARA - Monitoring diplomatic initiatives to find solution to Libya crisis.

TRIPOLI - Following developments after UN Security Council called for cease-fire in war-torn country.

SUDAN

KHARTOUM - Following developments after reports that former Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir may be extradited to ICC.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Anti-government protests to take place in Baghdad, Babil and Dhi Qar provinces.

LEBANON

BEIRUT - Hassan Diab-led government to hold first meeting after gaining confidence.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa to deliver his 4th state of nation address amid deepening crisis, unemployment.

ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to release Retail Trade, Turnover and Industrial Production Indices for December 2019.

SPORTS

ROME - Sports desk to follow 2020 European Wrestling Championships.

SPECIAL REPORT

South Sudan: Women find an ally in fight for justice

By Benjamin Takpiny

EASTERN EQUATORIA, South Sudan (AA) - It is rare for justice to be easily earned.

SPECIAL REPORT

ANALYSIS - Coronavirus: New 'Black Swan' of global economy?

By Nurullah Gur

ISTANBUL (AA) - Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a former options market broker who is intensely interested in the science of statistics, was the first to suggest the term “Black Swan,” which is used to emphasize unpredictable, rare events that have the potential to deeply affect the financial world and global economic systems.

SPECIAL REPORT

Museum of Innocence: Hub for lovers in heart of Istanbul

By Handan Kazanci

ISTANBUL (AA) - A flowery dress, a single earring, black and white photographs and thousands of cigarette stubs... Inside Istanbul's Museum of Innocence, visitors explore memories of lost love, couples find the privacy to show their affection and the heartbroken seek understanding for their loss.