ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President and ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party Chair Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Smart Cities and Municipalities Congress and Exhibit at ATO Congresium.
ANKARA - Erdogan to attend Sister Municipalities Consultation and Evaluation Meeting at AK Party headquarters.
ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to address panel on Turkish Foreign Policy in Age of Global Uncertainty organized by Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA).
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump to sign phase one trade deal at White House with officials from China.
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to hold news conference to announce Trump impeachment managers.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson to take questions at House of Commons.
IRELAND
DUBLIN - Prime minister Leo Varadkar to welcome European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to deliver annual Address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
INDIA
NEW DELHI - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to hold talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB / RAQQA / HASAKEH - Monitoring developments after new cease-fire brokered by Turkey and Russia came into effect in northwestern province of Idlib.
IRAN / US / IRAQ / TURKEY
TEHRAN / WASHINGTON / BAGHDAD / ANKARA - Following developments after U.S. killing of top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and Iran's missile attack on Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.
TEHRAN - Monitoring anti-government protests and developments after government admitted it “unintentionally” shot down Ukrainian passenger jet leaving capital.
LIBYA
TRIPOLI - Monitoring developments over unraveling cease-fire and efforts to have both sides in conflict sign onto cease-fire.
LEBANON
BEIRUT - Following situation amid more protests throughout country.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD - Qatari foreign minister to arrive to discuss efforts to defuse regional tension.
ECONOMY
ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release housing sales statistics for 2019.
ANKARA - Treasury and Finance Ministry to release central government's budget balance table for 2019.
LUXEMBOURG - Eurostat to release international trade and industrial production statistics for November 2019.
SPECIAL REPORT
Plane tragedy enrages Iran protesters
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran's stunning admission that it "unintentionally" shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane with a missile, hours after launching missile attacks on bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq, has drawn anger and outrage across the country.
SPECIAL REPORT
Libya's Haftar looking for military gains: Expert
By Fahri Aksut
ANKARA (AA) - Renegade Libyan Gen. Khalifa Haftar abruptly left negotiations for a cease-fire to protect a well-thought-out strategy on the battlefield, a Turkish expert said Tuesday.
SPECIAL REPORT
‘Haftar is just working as a proxy for other actors'
By Burak Dag and Nazlı Yuzbasioglu
ANKARA (AA) - Libyan renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar’s move to not sign an agreement in Moscow on the terms of a cease-fire was decided by other parties, the country’s former army chief of staff said Tuesday.
SPECIAL REPORT
Final weeks to apply for Istanbul Photo Awards
By Handan Kazanci
ISTANBUL (AA) – There are only a few weeks left to apply for Anadolu Agency's 2020 Istanbul Photo Awards, a contest seen as a “must enter” competition by many professional photographers.