ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Prime Minister and Chairman of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, Binali Yildirim, to address meeting of organization’s youth wing.
ANKARA – Turkish Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman leaves for Australia where he will participate in MIKTA consultative forum for Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey and Australia.
AZERBAIJAN
BAKU – Pope Francis arrives in Baku to conclude regional Georgia/Azerbaijan trip. Pontiff will celebrate Mass for the country’s tiny Catholic community and meet President Ilham Aliyev plus the region’s Muslim leader, Sheik Allashukur Pashazade.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – Ruling Conservative Party’s conference to begin in Birmingham. Prime Minister Theresa May expected to give media interviews and keynote speech on Brexit.
PHILIPPINES
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three more Indonesians held captive by Abu Sayyaf militant group in the majority-Muslim southern island province of Sulu freed through help of fugitive Moro rebel leader Nur Misuari.
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE – Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says lists of suspects deemed responsible for downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 to be confirmed by “the end of the year, maybe early next year”.
SPECIAL REPORT
JAPAN
Japan’s Diet to focus on TPP trade pact and constitution
By Todd Crowell
TOKYO – Lawmakers attend 66-day extraordinary session convened by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which is expected to focus on ratification of Trans Pacific Trade Partnership and amending Japan’s pacifist constitution.