Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim addresses ruling AK Party members in parliament.

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan receives Feridun Sinirlioglu, Turkey's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York, in Ankara.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - President Mustafa Akinci meets leader of Greek Cypriot Adm. Nicos Anastasiades.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to hold press conference.

IRAN

TEHRAN - German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel pays official visit to Iran.

GERMANY

BERLIN – Wikileaks press conference on 10th anniversary of the whistleblowing site. Founder Julian Assange is expected to make statement via video link. ​

SWITZERLAND

BERN - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon meets Switzerland President Johann Schneider-Ammann.

FRANCE

STRASBOURG - UN secretary general also travels to Strasbourg to attend final vote of European Parliament on whether to grant consent for ratification of Paris climate agreement by EU.

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - Reactions abound after Oromo festival ended in tragedy this weekend when stampede led to numerous deaths.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa hosts Convention on Illegal Trade in Endangered Species meeting.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Parliament votes on abolishing repressive junta-era emergency act -- long used by former military juntas to oppress political dissidents.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR - Australians investigated for insulting Malaysian flag at F1 Grand Prix.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA - Rescuers halt search for victims with 19 still missing after flood killed 34 people in western Java.