ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will separately attend ‘Turkish innovation week’ in Istanbul and award ceremony in memory of Turkish poet Necip Fazil Kisakurek (with prime minister).
ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will meet Danish counterpart Lars Lokke Rasmussen in Cankaya Palace.
PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD – Mehmet Gormez, head of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate, will be received by Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain.
FRANCE
PARIS- France hosts meeting of nations supporting Syria's moderate opposition. Attendees include Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu, Syrian opposition coordinator Riyad Hijab and Aleppo local council president Brita Hagi Hasan.
EGYPT
CAIRO – Ousted President Mohamed Morsi to answer charges of ‘insulting judiciary’ in Cairo court.
SPECIAL REPORT
Post-coup Egypt’s political prisoners face cancer threat
By Rasha Mahmoud
ALEXANDRIA (AA) – Along with alleged abuse by prison authorities, jailed opponents of the Egyptian regime also now face the specter of cancer.
SOUTH SUDAN
SPECIAL REPORT
Music brings peace, healing in war-torn South Sudan
By Parach Mach
JUBA ( AA) - Sweet melodies of music can be heard over the calm of South Sudan’s capital Juba, on a hot December evening amidst a rush of people returning to their homes from their businesses.
JAPAN
ANALYSIS
Japan, Russia relations not yet ripe for breakthrough
By Todd Crowell
TOKYO (AA) - Vladimir Putin arrives in Japan Thursday for a 2-day summit meeting with relations still tense over an issue that has bedeviled Russo-Japanese relations for more than 70 years.
KOREA
SEOUL - Acting president aims to steady nation as protests continue against suspended leader Park Geun-hye ahead of impeachment trial.
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE - Solomon Islands shaken by 2nd large tremor in 2 days.