Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Somalia's Justice Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur at presidential complex.

ANKARA - Erdogan to later attend opening ceremonies of newly restored museums in Tunceli, Konya and Bursa provinces via video link.

ANKARA - Health Minister Fahrettin Koca to speak following Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board meeting.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in Eastern Mediterranean.

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

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold press conference.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Monitoring cease-fire between Azerbaijan, Armenia, latest developments on front line, international repercussions.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkey's Central Bank to hold last Monetary Policy Committee meeting of 2020 to determine interest rates.

SPECIAL REPORT

UAE's 'Great Game' in Red Sea complicates regional balance

By Mohammed Alragawi

ISTANBUL (AA) - Apart from building strategic ties with Israel, the UAE's attempts to control international naval trade in the Gulf and its activities in war-torn Yemen is increasingly becoming a source of concern for regional and global players.

SPECIAL REPORT

Paris school accused of separatism

By Shweta Desai

PARIS (AA) - The only school in Paris which allowed students of all faiths the liberty to wear religious symbols -- headscarves for Muslims, kippahs for Jews and crucifixes for Christians -- was shut down on claims of practicing separatism.

SPECIAL REPORT

Rwandan woman's plight casts light on 'shadow pandemic'

By James Tasamba

KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) - A 33-year-old Rwandan woman has broken her silence about domestic violence, calling for justice after she was allegedly battered by her husband for years.