Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday Dec. 13, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Lubomir Zaoralek, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. Erdogan will also receive Argentina's ambassador to Ankara, Julian Luis Tettamanti who will present his credentials.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to receive Czech foreign minister Lubomir Zaoralek.

ANKARA – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet his Czech counterpart Lubomir Zaoralek.

NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci to meet Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades as part of reunification talks.

GERMANY

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande to attend German-Franco Digital Summit, hold bilateral talks on regional and international problems.

BERLIN – German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets Danish counterpart Anders Samuelsen for talks on EU issues, international conflicts.

SERBIA

BELGRADE- 35th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) to be held in Serbia's capital Belgrade, Turkey to assume chairmanship.

GAMBIA

SPECIAL REPORT

Gambia on the edge as political crisis deepens

By Saikou Kalleh

BANJUL, Gambia (AA) – Gambians, who felt a glimmer of hope following the shock defeat of their long-standing President Yahya Jammeh in the country’s elections at the hands of property developer Adama Barrow last week, are now on the edge.

UNITED STATES

SPECIAL REPORT

White US nationalists emboldened by Trump

By Michael Hernandez

WASHINGTON (AA) – Donald Trump was propelled to America's highest office thanks in part to a nascent but powerful group that had largely stayed out of the public spotlight until his campaign gained national traction. (moved)

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [MERITS].

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – Trial of Jakarta governor on blasphemy charges begins.

KOREA

SEOUL - Impeachment of SKorean president threatens deployment of US missile defense as opposition party demands delay.

MYANMAR

YANGON - International rights outfit demands military, government allow humanitarian agencies, media, and human rights monitors access to Rakhine State’s Maungdaw Township, where anything between 76 and 400 Rohingya have died.