Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Mosques and Religious Workers' Week program at Bestepe National Congress and Culture Center.

ANKARA - National Education Minister Ziya Selcuk to hold news conference on new decisions taken for gradual shift to face-to-face education.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in Eastern Mediterranean.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.

KYRGYZSTAN

BISHKEK - Following developments after protesters occupied presidential palace and parliament building in Kyrgyzstan’s capital amid vote-rigging claims.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - Monitoring developments after coronavirus-hit President Donald Trump left Walter Reed Medical Center and moved to White House.

GERMANY

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet with Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

BERLIN - Foreign ministers of Israel, UAE to meet for first time to discuss further steps in normalizing relations between two countries.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson to deliver keynote speech at annual conference of Conservative Party.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Following developments after Armenian army violated cease-fire, launching cross-border attacks on several Azerbaijani cities.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Following clashes between Libyan army, militias of warlord Khalifa Haftar.

SPECIAL REPORT

Growing support for Azerbaijan in Iran

By Syed Zafar Mehdi

TEHRAN (AA) - Although Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani is resisting growing pressure from the public and clergy to support Muslim neighbor Azerbaijan in its conflict with Armenia, his government has so far treaded a neutral stand.