ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President and ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party chair Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend the extended provincial heads meeting at party headquarters.
ANKARA - Following local and international developments in case of killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
US
NEW YORK - UN General Assembly members to meet to vote on a US-promoted resolution condemning activities of Hamas and other groups in Gaza.
CANADA
OTTAWA - Canada and US to co-host a meeting of top 13 military contributing nations to international coalition to defeat Daesh. Canada's Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan and US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis due to attend.
ITALY
MILAN - Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend 25th Council of Ministers Meeting of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
KYRGYZSTAN
BISHKEK - Turkish Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim to meet with his Kyrgyz counterpart Dastanbek Djumabekov.
GERMANY
HAMBURG - Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet with Christian Democratic Union’s executive committee ahead of party conference on Friday to elect her successor.
SWEDEN
STOCKHOLM - Yemen peace talks mediated by UN special envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths to start with participation of Yemeni legitimate government and Houthis.
AUSTRIA
VIENNA - 175th ordinary meeting of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) conference to be held.
FRANCE
PARIS - Following nationwide "yellow vest" protests.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.
SPORTS
ISTANBUL - Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 11 matches to be played as Turkey's Darussafaka Tekfen to host Israeli basketball giants Maccabi FOX in Istanbul.
SPECIAL REPORT
India: Tight security ahead of day mosque was destroyed
By Ahmad Adil
NEW DELHI, India (AA) - Security has been tightened in Uttar Pradesh, India on the eve of Thursday’s 26th anniversary of the demolition of a 16th century mosque.