Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address district governors at Presidential Palace, later due to meet Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet Janelidze.

ANKARA - Janelidze to speak at ambassadors’ conference. Deputy Prime Ministers Numan Kurtulmus, Nurettin Canikli to also speak.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - Senate committee hearings on nominations of ​John Kelly​, Jeff Sessions for head of homeland security, attorney general respectively.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama to deliver​ farewell address to nation from Chicago, Illinois.

WASHINGTON - Intelligence chiefs to testify before Senate committee on Russian intelligence activities amid claims of influence on presidential race.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to outline party’s plan for Britain leaving EU.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Talks on reunification of Cyprus resume at UN with Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci, Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades.

GREECE

ATHENS - Greek court begins to hear appeal cases for fugitive Turkish soldiers wanted by Ankara in connection with July 15 coup attempt in Turkey.

IRAN

TEHRAN - State funeral of former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

GAMBIA

BANJUL - Court due to rule on President Yahya Jammeh’s challenge to election defeat on grounds of voting irregularities.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Diplomats visit Bangladesh to discuss issues of Rohingya Muslims who fled military crackdown in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

JAPAN

TOKYO - Landmark agreement with South Korea concerning Korean “comfort women” of World War II unravels as Tokyo recalls ambassador. MOVED

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn calls for comfort women agreement to be respected by Koreans. MOVED