ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday Jan. 4, 2018, (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - Presidential aide Ibrahim Kalin to hold press conference at presidential complex.
ANKARA - Transport, Maritime and Communication Minister Ahmet Arslan to meet British counterpart Chris Grayling.
FRANCE
PARIS - Interview of Turkey's Ambassador to France Ismail Hakki Musa regarding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's official visit to France to be released.
IRAN
TEHRAN - Monitoring events in Iran as protests enter eighth day.
PALESTINE
JERUSALEM - Monitoring protests in West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip against U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
SYRIA
DAMASCUS - Monitoring ongoing regime airstrikes and artillery attacks on civilians in Syria, especially in Eastern Ghouta district of capital Damascus.
LIBERIA
SPECIAL REPORT: Chalkboard news outlet rivals Liberian mainstream media
By Gokhan Kavak and Momolu Darley
MONROVIA - An unorthodox news platform in the capital Monrovia is providing local and international news to Liberians, who mostly cannot afford radio, television and newspaper.