ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend a presentation ceremony of Turkish Military Academy.
ANKARA - Erdogan to hold joint news conference with visiting Maltese President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca after face-to-face and inter-delegation meetings at presidential complex.
ANKARA - The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) to release new commercial vehicle registrations statistics for 2018.
ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim to receive Anniken Huitfeldt, the head of Norwegian Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, and to meet Coleiro Preca.
SWITZERLAND
DAVOS - Turkey's Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak and Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to hold talks at 49th World Economic Forum.
VENEZUELA
CARACAS - Monitoring developments on opposition-held demonstrations in different parts of capital Caracas.
US
WASHINGTON - Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar holds news conference on legislation providing childcare for workers affected by US shutdown.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of U.S. decision to withdraw its troops.
YEMEN
SANAA - Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war.
SPORTS
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE - Australian Open 2019 tennis tournament's semifinals to be played.
SPAIN
ISTANBUL / MADRID - The Round of 20 of the 2018-19 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season to tip off. Turkey's Anadolu Efes to Spain's Real Madrid while Fenerbahce to play against Greece's Olympiakos.
SPECIAL REPORT
Istanbul, Moscow churches trade barbs over Ukraine
By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet and Elena Teslova
ANKARA/ MOSCOW (AA) – The autonomy status granted to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by Istanbul's Fener Greek Orthodox Church has caused a dispute between Fener and Moscow Orthodox Patriarchate.
SPECIAL REPORT
Remembering top Turkish diplomat: Ismail Cem
By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet and Tugcenur Yilmaz
ANKARA (AA) - One of the most prominent figures in Turkey's history of foreign policy, Ismail Cem is being remembered on the 12th anniversary of his passing.