Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday Dec. 12, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to chair Cabinet meeting at Cankaya Palace.

ANKARA - Turkish wing of the Turkey-European Union Joint Consultation Committee to hold press conference to condemn the terror attack in Istanbul over the weekend.

ISTANBUL - Follow up of the weekend twin bombings in the port city that left dozens of people dead.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Home Secretary Amber Rudd expected to lay an order in parliament to add the neo-Nazi group, National Action, to the list of proscribed organizations in the country.

LONDON - Reactions to the terror attack in Istanbul.

FRANCE

PARIS - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde faces trial over multi-million-euro payment to businessman. Trial scheduled to run until Dec. 20.​

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic to discuss EU issues, regional problems.

PAKISTAN

LAHORE - President of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey Mehmet Gormez to meet Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, separately.

NIGERIA

LAGOS - Tens of thousands of mostly Muslim activists and youths to attend a big rally to commemorate the annual Al-Aqsa Day.

LAGOS - First anniversary of the army’s deadly crackdown on followers of a Shia movement in Zaria takes place.

EGYPT

CAIRO - Follow up of deadly weekend bombing near main Coptic cathedral.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA - Police on high alert, tightening security in key areas following arrests of five suspected extremist group members accused of plotting attacks.

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE - Former Finance Minister Bill English sworn in as New Zealand’s prime minister following resignation of John Key last week. (MOVED)

MELBOURNE - Vigil to be held in support of hundreds of teachers who will be wearing T-shirts protesting offshore detention of refugees after prime minister called the move “absolutely inappropriate”. (MERITS)