Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday, March 13, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

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

ANKARA - EU Affairs Minister and Chief Negotiator Omer Celik to meet representatives of news agencies, television channels and newspapers.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Convention of Progressive Alliance, an international forum of social-democratic parties, to discuss rise of far-right and populism, current challenges to democracy and peace.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Northern Ireland Assembly to convene for first time following March 2 election with lawmakers having two weeks to form power-sharing government.

LONDON - Emergency protest to defend migrants' rights to remain in EU countries to be held.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Tomas Ojea Quintana to hold a press conference about new report on reclusive state.

GENEVA - UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee to hold press conference.

EGYPT

SPECIAL REPORT

Will Mideast see Arab-Israeli NATO-style alliance?

By Hussein Qabani

CAIRO - The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly seeking to form a regional alliance between Arab nations and Israel with a view to countering Iran and the Daesh terrorist group.