ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Thursday, June 23, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Erdogan to attend the inauguration of mosque in Esenboga Airport of Ankara.
ANKARA - Erdogan to host iftar dinner for Turkey’s opinion leaders in Presidential Palace.
ANKARA - FM Cavusoglu to meet Maltese counterpart George Vella.
TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS
LEFKOSA - TRNC President Mustafa Akinci and Greek Cypriot counterpart Nikos Anastasiadis will meet within scope of peace process talks.
EUROPE
UK
LONDON – Voting to take place in Britain’s EU membership referendum until 10 p.m. local time (2100GMT).
LONDON – Thomas Mair, the suspected killer of Labour Party lawmaker Jo Cox, to make second appearance at London criminal court.
FRANCE
PARIS - Unions call for protest march in Paris against unpopular labor reforms after obtaining last minute authorization.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – UN Special Envoy for Syria, Jan Egeland to meet International Syria Support Group's Humanitarian Access Task Force.
GENEVA – UN to release 2016 World Drug Report.
LAUSANNE – Court of Arbitration for Sport to decide on Turkish football team Galatasaray's appeal against one-year UEFA ban from European competitions.
AMERICAS
WASHINGTON - House Democrats expected to continue sit-in to force vote on ‘no fly, no buy’ gun legislation.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Syria dissent memo fraught with risk, little upside
By Michael Hernandez
WASHINGTON (AA) – Proposals in an internal State Department memo signed by more than 50 career diplomats advocating military action against the Syrian government are fraught with risk and could further destabilize the country, according to experts.
AFRICA
ETHIOPIA
ADDIS ABABA – Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia to rally for peace in Addis Ababa as tensions remain high between the two countries.
SOUTHEAST ASIA & PACIFIC
MYANMAR
YANGON - Battle over word to describe country’s ethnic Rohingya minority heats up, with military endorsing ethnic nationalist party’s defiance of government order to avoid use of 'Rohingya and Bengali' terms.
KOREAS
SEOUL - North Korea celebrates successful missile launch; South Korea warns neighbor will face 'unbearable costs'.
THAILAND
BANGKOK - 'Rohingya' taboo topic during Myanmar State counselor’s visit to Thailand.