Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend meeting of Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul.

ISTANBUL - Erdogan expected to meet with Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani.

ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet KRG Prime Minister Barzani.

ANKARA – Yildirim to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s Central Decision and Administrative Board meeting.

GERMANY

BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel to address lawmakers on European and international issues at parliamentary budget debate.

FRANKFURT – Lufthansa cancels more than 800 flights due to two-day strike by pilots.

FRANCE

PARIS- President Francois Hollande holds weekly Cabinet meeting and limited Defense Council.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to meet NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.

LONDON - Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond to announce economic measures and reveal Office for Budget Responsibility Forecast in his first major economic statement since historic Brexit vote.

INDIA

SPECIAL REPORT:

Farmers, laborers left stranded by India's cash cull

By Shuriah Niazi and Ahmad Adil

BHOPAL, India (AA) – India’s move to scrap currency notes leaves farmers without enough money to buy seeds during busy season.

PAKISTAN

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – With Pakistan’s popular army chief General Raheel Sharif retiring next week, the capital Islamabad has become the playing field for a guessing game over who Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will pick to head the army of the South Asian nuclear power.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL – South Korean president's impeachment process draws closer as justice minister quits. MOVED

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH – Life sentences against two surviving most senior leaders of Khmer Rouge upheld by Supreme Court Chamber at Khmer Rouge tribunal.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR – Foreign Ministry tells parliament Malaysia remains optimistic of good working relationship with US under Donald Trump, says studying key administration members appointed by president-elect.