Diary

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

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will separately attend ‘Turkish innovation week’ in Istanbul and award ceremony in memory of Turkish poet Necip Fazil Kisakurek (with prime minister).

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will meet Danish counterpart Lars Lokke Rasmussen in Cankaya Palace.

PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD – Mehmet Gormez, head of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate, will be received by Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain.

FRANCE

PARIS- France hosts meeting of nations supporting Syria's moderate opposition. Attendees include Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu, Syrian opposition coordinator Riyad Hijab and Aleppo local council president Brita Hagi Hasan.

EGYPT

CAIRO – Ousted President Mohamed Morsi to answer charges of ‘insulting judiciary’ in Cairo court.

SPECIAL REPORT

Post-coup Egypt’s political prisoners face cancer threat

By Rasha Mahmoud

ALEXANDRIA (AA) – Along with alleged abuse by prison authorities, jailed opponents of the Egyptian regime also now face the specter of cancer.​

SOUTH SUDAN

SPECIAL REPORT

Music brings peace, healing in war-torn South Sudan

By Parach Mach

JUBA ( AA) - Sweet melodies of music can be heard over the calm of South Sudan’s capital Juba, on a hot December evening amidst a rush of people returning to their homes from their businesses.

JAPAN

ANALYSIS

Japan, Russia relations not yet ripe for breakthrough

By Todd Crowell

TOKYO (AA) - Vladimir Putin arrives in Japan Thursday for a 2-day summit meeting with relations still tense over an issue that has bedeviled Russo-Japanese relations for more than 70 years.

KOREA

SEOUL - Acting president aims to steady nation as protests continue against suspended leader Park Geun-hye ahead of impeachment trial.

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE - Solomon Islands shaken by 2nd large tremor in 2 days.