ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday Jan. 19, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to separately meet Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar at the presidential complex.
ANKARA - Erdogan to also address local administrators known as mukhtars at the presidential palace.
ANKARA - Second round of parliamentary debate on Turkey’s new constitutional reform package continues.
PALESTINE
SPECIAL REPORT: Palestine’s Raed Salah speaks to Anadolu Agency
By Abdel Rafouf Arnaut and Asaad Firat
JERUSALEM - In exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Palestinian resistance icon says his just-ended nine-month stint in prison only served to steel his resolve.
SWITZERLAND
DAVOS - Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek to speak during "The G20 Agenda: Charting a New Course for Growth" session.
DAVOS - The 47th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting to continue under the theme “Responsive and responsible leadership”.
MONT PELERIN - Specialist-level meetings on Cyprus reunification talks to continue with participation of guarantor powers Turkey, Greece and the U.K. along with Turkish and Greek Cypriot officials.
GENEVA - A press stakeout with UN Special Envoy for Syria's Adviser Jan Egeland following a meeting of the International Syria Support Group's Humanitarian Access Task Force.
FRANCE
PARIS - Winner of political liar of the year prize to be announced. Nominees for "Le Prix du menteur en politique" include former Prime Minister Manuel Valls and FN Vice President Florian Philippot.
PARIS – Third debate to decide presidential candidates for France's PS (Socialist Party) takes place ahead of the primary.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Hans-Georg Maassen, president of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency (BfV), to speak on recent security challenges at an event organized by Foreign Correspondents' Association.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL - Samsung chief returns to work after prosecutors fail to get a warrant for his arrest.
SEOUL - Acting South Korean president warns chances are high of a North Korean provocation, as military sources suspect two intercontinental ballistic missiles have been placed on mobile launchers for testing.
MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR - Prime minister addresses special meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation highlighting the plight of Rohingya in Myanmar.