TURKEY
ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s Central Executive Board meeting at party headquarters.
SPAIN
MADRID - Turkish Environment and Urban Planning Minister Murat Kurum to attend 2019 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) with Deputy Foreign Minister Faruk Kaymakci. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to open conference.
UK
LONDON - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan among leaders of NATO member countries set to arrive for alliance's summit starting Tuesday.
RUSSIA
SOCHI - Russian and Chinese leaders to take part, via teleconferencing, in ceremony launching Russian gas supplies to China via eastern route.
AZERBAIJAN
BAKU - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to pay official visit.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD - Following developments after Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi submitted resignation to parliament, including anti-government protests.
EGYPT
CAIRO - Egyptian, Sudanese, and Ethiopian foreign ministers expected to attend second meeting on establishing Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Nile River.
OMAN
MUSCAT - Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi to pay visit to Iran.
TUNISIA
TUNIS - Ennahda Movement to hold press conference on recent political developments in the country.
LIBYA
TRIPOLI - Following offensive of Gen. Haftar’s forces on capital.
JORDAN
AMMAN - State Security Court to begin trial of Israeli citizen accused of illegally infiltrating country.
ALGERIA
ALGIERS - Start of first public trial concerning alleged corruption among businessmen and senior officials under former President Abdulaziz Bouteflika.
ETHIOPIA
ADDIS ABABA - Africa Against Ebola forum to take place at African Union headquarters.
RWANDA
KIGALI - Some 10,000 delegates to attend International Conference on AIDS in Africa.
SPORTS
PARIS - Organized by France Football magazine, 2019 Ballon d'Or (Golden Ball) winners to be named.
SPECIAL REPORT
US: Messy Democratic race leading some to fret
By Oguzhan Yanarisik
ISTANBUL (AA) - With a mammoth field of 18 hopefuls vying to take on President Donald Trump, the Democratic Party is being roiled by debate over the best candidate to win back the White House in November 2020.
SPECIAL REPORT
Insurgent parties lose momentum in UK election
By Karim El-Bar
LONDON (AA) - The U.K. general election race started with speculation that the centrist Liberal Democrats and right-wing Brexit Party would rise as challengers to the ruling, center-right Conservative Party and opposition, center-left Labour parties.
Russian influence in Libya makes US rethink policy
By Nebahat Tanriverdi Yasar
ISTANBUL (AA) - Russia is filling the vacuum left behind by the U.S. post-Arab Spring as criticism pours in against Washington for deserting its partners in the region.