Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to co-chair 1st Global Refugee Forum as well as give speech at UN Offices.

GENEVA - Erdogan to attend high-level lunch hosted by UN secretary-general after meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.

GENEVA - Erdogan to attend opening ceremony of photo and art exhibit entitled “Life continues, Art continues” spotlighting works by Syrian artists living in Turkey and then meet with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to preside over 9th General Assembly of Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking Countries (TURKPA).

GERMANY

BERLIN - Interior Minister Seehofer to announce plans to strengthen fight against far-right and neo-Nazi groups.

FRANCE

PARIS - International Astronomical Union (IAU) to announce names of more than 100 exoplanets.

US

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump to host Guatemala’s President Jimmy Morales at White House.

NEW YORK - Istanbul Photo Awards 2019 exhibit to open at UN headquarters.

UK

LONDON - New cabinet in wake of last week's Conservative landslide election victory to be chaired by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI – Monitoring clashes between Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) and Khalifa Haftar’s forces.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Monitoring anti-government protests in capital Baghdad and southern provinces.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB / HASAKAH / RAQQA - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war

INDIA

NEW DELHI - Monitoring protests against citizenship law in India.

ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release House Sales Statistics for November.

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to release short-term external debt statistics for October.

LUXEMBOURG - European statistical office Eurostat to release International Trade figures for October.

BRUSSELS - European Automobile Manufacturers Association to release new passenger car registration data for November.

SPORTS

ANKARA - Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 14 matches continue with Istanbul’s Anadolu Efes to take on Zalgiris in Lithuania, and Fenerbahce Beko to take on Panathinaikos in Greece.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkish drone move necessary for security: Experts

By Handan Kazanci

ISTANBUL (AA) – As the first Turkish military drone landed Monday at an airport in Northern Cyprus, experts called the move a necessity to protect the rights of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots.

SPECIAL REPORT

Ex-US general criticizes American support for YPG/PKK

By Ayhan Simsek

BERLIN (AA) - U.S. support for the YPG/PKK has damaged ties between Washington and Ankara, but the countries continue to depend on each another and must restore confidence through mutual steps, Ben Hodges, former commander of U.S. troops in Europe, told Anadolu Agency.

SPECIAL REPORT

Another side of tragedy in Kashmir: Destitute women battling hardship

By Nusrat Sidiq

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) - Ulfat Rahim, 26, moves early in the chilling cold from her home in Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, to find households who need her help.

SPECIAL REPORT

India’s citizenship law divisive: Pakistani Hindus

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s minority Hindu community has rejected India’s offer to grant them citizenship under a new law.

SPECIAL REPORT

Little reason to migrate to India, say Afghan Sikhs

By Shadi Khan Saif

KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) - Despite a new Indian law offering them citizenship, most of the Sikh minority community in Afghanistan would prefer to migrate to Canada or the U.K. or any western nation, if they have to leave their country at all.

SPECIAL REPORT

Rogue general aiming for military dictatorship

ANKARA (AA) - Following the Libyan revolution’s success in ousting longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya came under two de facto governments.