ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Friday Sept. 9, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet separately NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Norway’s Foreign Minister Borge Brende.
ANKARA - Yildirim to meet EU foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini, EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn.
ANKARA- Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik to meet Mogherini, Hahn.
ANKARA - Cavusoglu to meet separately Stoltenberg, Brende.
ANKARA - Science, Industry and Technology Minister Faruk Ozlu to meet Japanese counterpart Yosuke Tsuruho.
ANKARA - Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to meet U.K. Trade Secretary Liam Fox.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL - North Korea confirms fifth nuclear test, Seoul says it is “biggest ever”.
CAMBODIA
PHNOM PENH - Political tensions heightened as deputy opposition leader due to stand trial.
THAILAND
BANGKOK - Prime Minister Najib Razak to meet Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha for talks expected to include border security.
GREECE
RHODES - Final day of regional security and stability conference.
ATHENS - Leaders of France, Italy, Portugal, Malta, the Greek Cypriot administration to meet Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to focus on refugee crisis, debt ahead of Bratislava summit next week.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet prime ministers of Belgium, Luxembourg, Romania for talks on EU’s future ahead of Bratislava meeting.
BERLIN - Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to address international conference on foreign policy, expected to cover Syria, Turkey, EU-Turkey ties.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for talks on Syria as humanitarian task force convenes.
NIGERIA
SPECIAL REPORT: Fears grow over rumored Nigerian rebel talks
By Rafiu Ajakaye
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) - After months of violence, threats and unofficial talks, the main militants in Nigeria's oil-rich delta region have agreed to dialogue with the government.
ETHIOPIA
SPECIAL REPORT: Ethiopia ‘at crossroads’ warns opposition leader
By Addis Getachew
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - A recent statement of concern by the African Union has thrown the spotlight onto what many see as a simmering problem in Ethiopia which -- if left unaddressed -- could rapidly descend into a nationwide crisis.
IVORY COAST
SPECIAL REPORT: Disenchanted African youth turns to past
By Fulbert Yao, Yvan Rukundo, Alioune Ndiaye and Didier Makal
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AA) - A group of youngsters barely in their twenties piled into an old car and headed to the village of Shilantembo, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Lubumbashi, the capital of the Haut-Katanga province, in Democratic Republic of Congo.