ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday, March 26, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to depart to attend EU-Turkey summit in Varna, Bulgaria.
ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to preside over Cabinet meeting at Cankaya Palace.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont expected to appear before judge one day after being arrested in northern Germany, on European arrest warrant.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON - Parliament to debate national security and Russia in wake of March 4 poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury.
LONDON - Dateline to be reached for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to appear before parliamentary committee on Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to hold talks with Qatar Emiri Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
SYRIA
IDLIB / AZAZ / AFRIN - Desk to monitor Turkish-led Operation Olive Branch against YPG/PKK-Daesh terror groups in Afrin, Syria.
EGYPT
CAIRO - Egyptians to start voting in presidential elections, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s re-election assured.
SPECIAL REPORT
Congolese refugees in Uganda recount horror stories
- Due to ongoing violence, many have fled DR Congo to Uganda in recent months
By Halima Athumani
KYANGWALI, Uganda (AA) - At 5:00 pm on Friday, an engine boat approached Sebagoro Landing site with the beaten and exhausted faces of a group of 30 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, many of them women and children.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkish aid supports HIV orphanages in South Africa
- Turkey's state-run aid agency has been operational in South Africa for only three months but has undertaken many projects.
By Hassan Isilow
JOHANNESBURG (AA) - Turkey’s state-run aid agency is working in association with South African authorities to help refurbish orphanages, particularly those for children born with HIV/AIDS.