Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

IRAQ

ERBIL - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildrim to meet Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani and KRG Prime Minister Nechervan Barzani separately.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma to deliver a speech at the 105th birthday celebrations of ruling African National Congress (ANC) in Johannesburg.

NIGERIA

SPECIAL REPORT: Nigeria's Chibok girls mark 1,000 days in captivity

By Rafiu Ajakaye

LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) - The parents of the nearly 200 Nigerian schoolgirls, who have been held captive by Boko Haram since April 2014, remain hopeful along with the activists that the girls will regain their freedom but are “justifiably worried” by the government's “lethargy...and complacency” to the issue as Sunday marks the girls’ 1000th days in captivity.

KOREAS

SEOUL - South Korean monk in hospital after self-immolating in protest against Japan during latest mass rally as Seoul-Tokyo tensions escalate over 'comfort women’ statue

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Thai military deployed in Thai south to cope with treacherous flooding

PHILIPPINES

ZAMBOANGA - Government security forces kill two more suspected members of a Daesh-linked group, including a foreigner, just two days after the militant group's leader was killed