Diary

TURKEY

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s Central Executive Board meeting at party headquarters.

SPAIN

MADRID - Turkish Environment and Urban Planning Minister Murat Kurum to attend 2019 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) with Deputy Foreign Minister Faruk Kaymakci. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to open conference.

UK

LONDON - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan among leaders of NATO member countries set to arrive for alliance's summit starting Tuesday.

RUSSIA

SOCHI - Russian and Chinese leaders to take part, via teleconferencing, in ceremony launching Russian gas supplies to China via eastern route.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to pay official visit.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Following developments after Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi submitted resignation to parliament, including anti-government protests.

EGYPT

CAIRO - Egyptian, Sudanese, and Ethiopian foreign ministers expected to attend second meeting on establishing Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Nile River.

OMAN

MUSCAT - Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi to pay visit to Iran.

TUNISIA

TUNIS - Ennahda Movement to hold press conference on recent political developments in the country.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Following offensive of Gen. Haftar’s forces on capital.

JORDAN

AMMAN - State Security Court to begin trial of Israeli citizen accused of illegally infiltrating country.

ALGERIA

ALGIERS - Start of first public trial concerning alleged corruption among businessmen and senior officials under former President Abdulaziz Bouteflika.

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - Africa Against Ebola forum to take place at African Union headquarters.

RWANDA

KIGALI - Some 10,000 delegates to attend International Conference on AIDS in Africa.

SPORTS

PARIS - Organized by France Football magazine, 2019 Ballon d'Or (Golden Ball) winners to be named.

SPECIAL REPORT

US: Messy Democratic race leading some to fret

By Oguzhan Yanarisik

ISTANBUL (AA) - With a mammoth field of 18 hopefuls vying to take on President Donald Trump, the Democratic Party is being roiled by debate over the best candidate to win back the White House in November 2020.

SPECIAL REPORT

Insurgent parties lose momentum in UK election

By Karim El-Bar

LONDON (AA) - The U.K. general election race started with speculation that the centrist Liberal Democrats and right-wing Brexit Party would rise as challengers to the ruling, center-right Conservative Party and opposition, center-left Labour parties.

Russian influence in Libya makes US rethink policy

By Nebahat Tanriverdi Yasar

ISTANBUL (AA) - Russia is filling the vacuum left behind by the U.S. post-Arab Spring as criticism pours in against Washington for deserting its partners in the region.