ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday Dec. 26, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet Nationalist Movement Party leader Devlet Bahceli.
KASTAMONU - Yildirim to attend the opening ceremony of a tunnel in northern Kastamonu province.
ISTANBUL - Hamas leader Khaled Mashal welcomes UN Security Council demanding Israel to halt the building and expansion of settlements in occupied Palestinian territories. (MOVED)
QATAR
DOHA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Activists from across Europe are set to begin their walk from Berlin to war-battered Syrian city Aleppo, calling for an immediate and unhindered humanitarian access to all besieged areas.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL - Investigators probing presidential scandal raid homes of culture minister, former chief of staff and hone in on suspicious Samsung merger.
JAPAN
TOKYO - Government says "paying attention" to Chinese aircraft carrier set to conduct drills in Western Pacific, calling movement "a show of expansion of the abilities of China's naval forces". (MOVED)
PHILIPPINES
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Strong typhoon sweeps through Philippines including Metro Manila, forcing more than 218,000 to evacuate.