ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
GIRESUN/ERZINCAN - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address campaign rallies for March 31 local elections in Black Sea province of Giresun and in eastern Erzincan province.
ANKARA - Anadolu Agency’s Editor’s Desk to host Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli.
ANKARA - Desk to follow commemoration ceremonies marking 27th anniversary of Khojaly massacre killing hundreds of Azerbaijanis.
TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS
LEFKOSA - Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci to have talks with his Greek Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades in a meeting hosted by Elizabeth Spehar, UN Cyprus envoy.
US
WASHINGTON - House of Representatives to vote on legislation to end President Donald Trump’s border wall national emergency.
UK
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to update the House of Commons on Brexit.
LONDON - New perspectives: UK-Turkey higher education strategic partnerships forum organized by the British Council and Turkish Council of Higher Education (YOK) to be held in London.
CHINA
WUZHEN - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
HONG KONG - Lavrov to visit Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, to hold talks with Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam.
VENEZUELA
CARACAS - Monitoring crisis over nation’s leadership.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.
SPECIAL REPORT
After Egypt executions, rights NGO urges torture probe
By Meryem Goktas
ISTANBUL (AA) - A U.K.-based rights group is calling for an investigation into claims that nine men recently executed by the Egyptian authorities -- in connection with a 2015 assassination -- were tortured into confessing to the crime.
SPECIAL REPORT
Khojaly one of greatest crimes against humanity: Envoy
By Jeyhun Aliyev
ANKARA (AA) - The 1992 massacre of hundreds of Azerbaijanis in the wake of the breakup of the Soviet Union is one of the greatest crimes and tragedies humanity has ever seen, one which will never be forgotten, according to Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Turkey.