ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair Cabinet meeting at presidential complex in Ankara.
ANKARA - Following latest developments in Eastern Mediterranean.
ANKARA - Following latest developments on novel coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.
AZERBAIJAN
BAKU - Monitoring developments following deal ending Armenia’s occupation of Azerbaijani territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - Monitoring 12th BRICS summit to be held with participation of leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to meet Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Maliki for talks on bilateral ties, regional issues.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - European affairs ministers of EU member states to meet via video conference to discuss long-term EU budget, accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to testify at Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden to receive briefing on national security in Delaware.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA - Central Bank of Turkey to release short-term foreign debt statistics for September.
SPECIAL REPORT
Bangladesh: Islamic school gives hope to transgenders
By SM Najmus Sakib
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - The first-ever school in Bangladesh for transgender Muslim students has raised hopes for members of the discriminated minority for their integration into the society.
SPECIAL REPORT
Ethiopia’s Tigray war has potential to escalate: Experts
By Addis Getachew and Tufan Aktas
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia ISTANBUL, Turkey (AA) - After resisting public pressure for more than two-and-half years, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed finally launched a full-scale military operation against Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), ruling the northernmost Tigray region.
SPECIAL REPORT
UAE 'suspicious' role in Jerusalem raises Palestinian fears
By Ali Abo Rezeg and Zehra Nur Duz
ANKARA (AA) - Attempts by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to increase its role in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem have caused outcry among the Palestinian authorities and researchers.
SPECIAL REPORT
Like vaccine-making duo, 'Syrians in Turkey to be role models'
By Handan Kazanci
ISTANBUL (AA) - As a Turkish-German couple’s development of a ground-breaking vaccine highlights migrants’ ability to flourish if given the right opportunities, a Turkish professor says that in the future Syrian refugees in Turkey too “can become role models.”