Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Human Rights Day event at Bilkent University.

ANKARA - Erdogan to receive Greek Ambassador Michael-Christos Diamessis, Mexican Ambassador Jose Luis Martinez y Hernandez and Belarusian Ambassador Viktor Rybak at presidential complex, who will present letters of credentials.

ANKARA - Erdogan to attend commemoration event at presidential complex to mark the 75th year of Ahiska Turks' exile.

ANKARA - Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to attend Qatar National Human Rights Day reception and separate symposium, Voices of Youth, organized by UN Human Rights Council and UN Representative of Turkey.

THE NETHERLANDS

THE HAGUE - International Court of Justice to begin hearing Rohingya genocide charges against Myanmar.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at White House.

WASHINGTON - House Democrats expected to announce articles of impeachment against President Trump.

SPAIN

MADRID - Turkey's Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum to attend UN Climate Change Conference (COP25).

FRANCE

PARIS - Monitoring nationwide strikes and protests against pension reforms by government of President Emmanuel Macron, especially in capital Paris.

SWEDEN

STOCKHOLM - Nobel prizes to be awarded.

SAUDI ARABIA

RIYADH - Gulf summit to kick off in Saudi capital Riyadh.

JORDAN

AMMAN - Jordanian court to issue verdict against Israeli man who infiltrated country's borders.

ALGERIA

ALGIERS - Algerian court to issue verdict against former officials, corrupt tycoons.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Following ongoing anti-government protests.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

LEBANON

BEIRUT - Following continuing anti-government protests.

KENYA

NAIROBI - Kenya hosts ninth African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group Heads of State and Government summit.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG - Amnesty International to release report on South Africa to mark Global Human Rights Day.

ECONOMY

ANKARA - Launch meeting of Human Development Report 2019, jointly organized by UN Development Program (UNDP Turkey), TEPAV to be held at TEPAV.

SPECIAL REPORT

UK election ‘extremely difficult to accurately predict’

By Karim El-Bar

LONDON (AA) – The 2019 U.K. general election is proving to be one of the most volatile and difficult to predict in modern British history, according to local media and pollsters.

SPECIAL REPORT

Pakistani diplomat hails Istanbul talks on Afghanistan

By Handan Kazanci

ISTANBUL (AA) - Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday praised a recently adopted declaration in Istanbul on the war-torn country of Afghanistan as part of a meeting of Heart of Asia countries.

SPECIAL REPORT

Bangladesh: ‘Human rights situation remains alarming’

By Md. Kamruzzaman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Even as Bangladesh has been a success story over past one decade, in terms of democracy taking roots and an improved human development index, there is, however, no improvement on the human rights front, claim various civil rights groups.

SPECIAL REPORT

European record-breaker targets medal in Tokyo Olympics

By Fatih Erel

ISTANBUL (AA) - European record-breaking Turkish athlete Kaan Kigen Ozbilen aims to finish a marathon in under 2:04:00 for winning a 2020 Summer Olympics medal in Tokyo.

SPECIAL REPORT

Iran scrambled to maintain clout in protest-hit Iraq

By Syed Zafar Mehdi

TEHRAN (AA) – The recent resignation of Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi against the backdrop of mass protests against his government has been greeted with caution and criticism in Iran.

SPECIAL REPORT

Algeria election: Who is running for president?

By Ihsan Mejdi

ALGIERS (AA) – This week, Algerians will head to polls to elect a new president, eight months after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stepped down against the backdrop of popular protests against his 20-year rule.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘Only US-Taliban deal will not bring peace in Afghanistan’

By Iftikhar Gilani

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Peace seems closer in Afghanistan as the U.S. and the Taliban have resumed talks, nearly two months after they were abruptly suspended.