Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday, March 12, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair Cabinet meeting at president complex.

ANKARA - Erdogan to meet General Electric CEO John L. Flannery and later attend premiere of Gurbet Kuslari (Birds Abroad) documentary.

QATAR

DOHA - Turkey's National Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli to attend opening of defense exhibition DIMDEX 2018 and meet Qatari counterpart Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah.

SYRIA

IDLIB/AZAZ/AFRIN - Desk to monitor Turkey's ongoing Operation Olive Branch against terrorist groups YPG/PKK-Daesh in Afrin, northwestern Syria.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrat Party (SPD) to sign coalition government agreement. ​

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - UN special rapporteur on Myanmar and chair of UN fact-finding mission on Myanmar to hold news conferences.

GENEVA - UN special rapporteur on human rights situation in North Korea to hold news conference.

SPECIAL REPORT: Forest find could rewrite long-lost Bangladesh history

By Mutasim Billa

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Archeological findings deep within Sundarbans mangrove forest hint at near-ancient human settlements, say researchers.