Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend opening ceremony of 9th Eurasian Islamic Council. He will also meet BP's chief executive Bob Dudley.

ISTANBUL - World Energy Congress continues.

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

ANKARA - Science, Industry and Technology Minister Faruk Ozlu to meet with Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid Al-Falih.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Interview with Tunisia’s post-Arab Spring president

By Mehmet Ozturk and Faruk Tokat

ISTANBUL (AA) - Moncef Marzouki speaks to Anadolu Agency about recent dramatic events in Syria, Turkey’s foiled coup attempt and future of ‘Arab Spring’.

PALESTINE

SPECIAL REPORT:

Election delay widens Palestinian rifts: Hamas official

By Kaamil Ahmed

GAZA CITY (AA) – Court decision suspending Palestine polls turns political gap between West Bank and Gaza into legal one, Hamas official tells Anadolu Agency.​

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - On ​World Obesity Day, WHO launches new report on fiscal policies on beverages high in sugar, on improving nutrition.

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA – German Chancellor Angela Merkel pays official visit to Ethiopian capital.

KENYA

NAIROBI – S. African President Jacob Zuma is in Kenya to meet President Uhuru Kenyatta.

MYANMAR

YANGON – Tensions continue in Western Rakhine state following murder of 9 police officers by still to be officially identified group.

THAILAND

BANGKOK – Thais flood to temples to pray for health of world longest reigning living monarch.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - SKorea calls in Chinese ambassador over illegal fishing. (MOVED)