Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend congress of Turkey’s Women and Democracy Association.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold talks with Northern Cyprus President Mustafa Akinci and Prime Minister Huseyin Ozgurgun. Meeting follows recent end of negotiations with Greek Cypriot Administration in Switzerland.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON – Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus to deliver speech at Chatham House, a leading U.K. think tank. Kurtulmus to also meet British PM’s national security advisor plus representatives of Turkish associations in London.

GERMANY

BERLIN – Lufthansa cancels 830 flights scheduled for Friday as strike by pilots enters third day.

IRAQ

NINEVEH – Shia militias close in on Daesh-held city of Tal Afar, prompting fears of sectarian conflict.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG – Ratings agency Moody’s will release updated grading for South Africa amid fears from traders the country might lose investment-level status due to slow growth and political interference.

ASIA-PACIFIC

BANGKOK/JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR – Protests taking place outside Myanmar embassies across region regarding recent violence against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State.

KOREAS

SEOUL – Rebel ruling party lawmakers make impeachment possible for South Korean president.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian Football Association to decide whether to withdraw from Suzuki Cup in Myanmar in protest at country’s treatment of Rohingya.