ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair Cabinet meeting at Presidential Complex.
ANKARA - Following latest developments in COVID-19 outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.
ANKARA - Following developments in wake of pirate attack on cargo ship in waters off Gulf of Guinea, kidnapping Turkish crew.
TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS
LEFKOSA - Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to be received by Parliament Speaker Onder Sennaroglu, Prime Minister Ersan Saner, later to meet counterpart Tahsin Ertugruloglu.
MYANMAR
NAYPYIDAW - Following developments after military coup, detaining country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myin.
LIBYA
TRIPOLI - New round of talks to start choosing temporary authority.
TUNISIA
TUNIS - Following latest developments of 'suspicious envelope' that arrived at presidential palace.
SOMALIA
MOGADISHU - Following developments after Somali security forces end eight-hour-long siege by al-Shabaab terrorists of Afrik hotel.
GERMANY
BERLIN - German Chancellor to hold video conference on COVID-19 vaccine supplies.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - EU High Representative Josep Borrell to address virtual conference on EU's global role.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA - UN talks on situation in Libya take place in Geneva.
THE ECONOMY
LUXEMBOURG - European statistical department Eurostat to reveal unemployment figures for December.
ISTANBUL - Istanbul Chamber of Industry to release Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI).
SPECIAL REPORT
Pedestrianized Burns Road in Karachi brings back foodies
By Aamir Latif
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) - Scores of families have gathered at Burns Road, a century-old food hub in Karachi, to grab a taste of traditional Pakistani cuisine.
SPECIAL REPORT
Yemen: Prisoner swap talks raise hopes for families
By Mohammed Alragawi
ISTANBUL (AA) - Hana al-Sheikh, 41, a mother of four is awaiting the return of her husband Abdulaziz al-Aqili, kidnapped in the war-ravaged Yemeni capital of Sana'a in September 2015.
SPECIAL REPORT
Private Togo group rescues victims of sexual violence
By Aurore Bonny
KPALIME, Togo (AA) - Young women at a Togolese association are learning how to sew and make fabric as they try to put the realities of sexual and social abuse in the rear view mirror.