Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend commemoration ceremonies at Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s mausoleum Anitkabir and Bestepe National Congress and Culture Center to mark 78th anniversary of the death of Ataturk, founder of the Turkish Republic.

ANKARA - Erdogan to meet Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, intelligence chief Hakan Fidan, and the Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland separately.

ANKARA - Yildirim to meet separately with opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli and Thorbjorn Jagland.

GERMANY

BERLIN - German parliament to vote on extending deployment of soldiers at Incirlik Airbase in Turkey, as part of global fight against terrorist group Daesh in Syria.

FRANCE

PARIS - French President Francois Hollande meets separately with Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed and Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen.​

SWITZERLAND

MONT PELERIN - Cyprus reunification talks to continue.

GENEVA - Press stakeout with Special UN Cyprus Envoy Jan Egeland following meeting of International Syria Support Group's Humanitarian Access Task Force.

SERBIA

BELGRADE - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to meet with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, and Assembly Speaker Maja Gojkovic, and later hold joint press conference after working dinner with Vucic.

ISRAEL

JERUSALEM - Russian PM to hold talks in Jerusalem with Israeli leaders and officials.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Army campaign to retake Mosul hindered by fierce Daesh resistance.

SUDAN

KHARTOUM - Sudanese authorities detain opposition figures calling for anti-austerity protests.​

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - US President-elect Donald Trump changes tune on South Korea defense in talks with embattled counterpart Park Geun-hye

INDONESIA

JAKARTA - Police to send team to Syria to verify reports of death in Syria of Abu Jandal, prominent Daesh figure accused of recruiting Indonesians

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte expected to discuss peace process in Muslim Mindanao and kidnappings by Daesh-linked militants in region’s seas with Prime Minister Najib Razak