Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkey’s Vice President Fuat Oktay to receive Ersin Tatar, Prime Minister of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Malaysia to attend Kuala Lumpur Summit of Muslim world leaders.

KUALA LUMPUR - Erdogan to meet with Malaysian King Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani separately.

KUALA LUMPUR - Erdogan also to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and later to receive Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Last day of first-ever Global Refugee Forum in Geneva.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to answer questions of lawmakers at Bundestag on domestic, foreign policy issues.

US

WASHINGTON - Full House of Representatives to vote on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at Department of State.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to attend the 9th General Assembly of Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking Countries (TURKPA). He is also set to meet with Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ali Asadov.

SOUTH SUDAN

JUBA - U.S. Ambassador Thomas Hushek to brief media over implementation of South Sudan peace agreement.

LIBYA

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

PALESTINE

RAMALLAH - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to deliver speech on general elections.

EGYPT

CAIRO - US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker to arrive in Cairo for official visit.

LEBANON

BEIRUT - Following months-long anti-government protests.

TUNISIA

TUNIS - Tunisian parliament to interrogate a number of ministers over tourist bus accident killing 29 people.

YEMEN

SANAA - UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths to meet with Yemeni President Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Hadi in his interim residence in Riyadh.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Monitoring anti-government protests in capital Baghdad, 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 Central Bank to release international investment position for October.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to reveal education expenditure statistics for 2018.

LUXEMBOURG - European statistical office Eurostat to announce inflation figures for November.

SPORTS

DOHA - UEFA Champions League holders Liverpool to take on CONCACAF Champions League winners Monterrey in 2019 Club World Cup semifinal match.

BARCELONA - Spanish top-tier football division La Liga's rescheduled 'El Clasico' between Barcelona and Real Madrid to be held at Camp Nou Stadium.

SPECIAL REPORT

Timeline: Rise, fall of Pakistan's President Musharraf

Syed Iftikhar Gilani

ANKARA (AA) - A special court in Islamabad has slapped Pakistan's former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf with the death sentence in absentia for high treason.

SPECIAL REPORT

Sri Lanka's Tamils renounce Indian citizenship law

By Munza Mushtaq

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AA) – As protests rage across India, minority Tamils in Sri Lanka have also come out strongly against the controversial Indian citizenship law, saying the legislation openly “discriminates” Muslims.

SPECIAL REPORT

A tryst with Africa in Ankara

By Hiba Sait

ANKARA (AA) – As dusk falls in the Turkish capital Ankara, two Somalian restaurants near the city center Kizilay come to life. Though, they start quite early to host gusts, they turn a home for African students away from home in the evening.