Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend a presentation ceremony of Turkish Military Academy.

ANKARA - Erdogan to hold joint news conference with visiting Maltese President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca after face-to-face and inter-delegation meetings at presidential complex.

ANKARA - The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) to release new commercial vehicle registrations statistics for 2018.

ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim to receive Anniken Huitfeldt, the head of Norwegian Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, and to meet Coleiro Preca.

SWITZERLAND

DAVOS - Turkey's Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak and Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to hold talks at 49th World Economic Forum.

VENEZUELA

CARACAS - Monitoring developments on opposition-held demonstrations in different parts of capital Caracas.

US

WASHINGTON - Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar holds news conference on legislation providing childcare for workers affected by US shutdown.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of U.S. decision to withdraw its troops.

YEMEN

SANAA - Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war.

SPORTS

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE - Australian Open 2019 tennis tournament's semifinals to be played.

SPAIN

ISTANBUL / MADRID - The Round of 20 of the 2018-19 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season to tip off. Turkey's Anadolu Efes to Spain's Real Madrid while Fenerbahce to play against Greece's Olympiakos.

SPECIAL REPORT

Istanbul, Moscow churches trade barbs over Ukraine

By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet and Elena Teslova

ANKARA/ MOSCOW (AA) – The autonomy status granted to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by Istanbul's Fener Greek Orthodox Church has caused a dispute between Fener and Moscow Orthodox Patriarchate.

SPECIAL REPORT

Remembering top Turkish diplomat: Ismail Cem

By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet and Tugcenur Yilmaz

ANKARA (AA) - One of the most prominent figures in Turkey's history of foreign policy, Ismail Cem is being remembered on the 12th anniversary of his passing.