ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair National Security Council and cabinet meetings at presidential complex.
SPECIAL REPORT:
ANALYSIS - Why is the Afrin situation a threat to Turkey?
By Selen Temizer and Levent Tok
ANKARA (AA) – The PYD/PKK terrorist organization has become a major threat to Turkey by occupying most of the adjacent Syrian region border.
SPAIN
MADRID - New Catalan parliament sits for first time after pro-independence parties gained majority of seats.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz for talks on bilateral ties, EU issues.
FRANCE
SPECIAL REPORT:
French mayor’s ban on pork substitutes 'anti-Muslim’
By Hajer M'tiri
PARIS (AA) - A far-right mayor's decision to ban pork substitutes in school meals has been slammed by the head of a watchdog group.
IRAN
TEHRAN – Turkish Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman to attend closing session of 13th meeting of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States.
EGYPT
CAIRO - Egypt's Al-Azhar University to host international conference on Jerusalem.
CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to meet Ethiopian counterpart in Cairo.