ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Bahrain Deputy PM Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa and Warren East,CEO of Rolls-Royce separately in presidential palace.
ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to receive Serbian foreign minister Ivica Dacic and Singapore foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan separately.
ANKARA - Turkish PM to chair central executive board of AK Party.
ANKARA – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic in Ankara
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - Turkish FM Cavusoglu to attend the conference on Afghanistan in Brussels along with Ashraf Ghani, president of Afghanistan, Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council and UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and US Secretary of State John Kerry.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Press briefing of German government spokesman
FRANCE
STRASBOURG - The European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker addresses the European Parliament plenary on preparations for the October 20-21 EU leaders' summit in Bratislava.
PARIS - French Europe Minister Harlem Desir meets with EU Security Union Commissioner Julian King for talks.
GREECE
SPECIAL REPORT: Lack of asylum experts keeps migrants stuck in Greece
By Idyli Tsakiri
ATHENS (AA) - Turkey will be receiving migrants from Greece for years to come due to lack of experts handling asylum cases, say officials familiar with the situation on the ground.
TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS
LEFKOSA - President Mustafa Akinci meets leader of Greek Cypriot Adm. Nicos Anastasiades.
SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG - End of Convention on Illegal Trade in Endangered Species meeting.
ETHIOPIA
ADDIS ABABA - New railway line linking Addis Ababa to port city Djibouti is to be inaugurated in Ethiopia's capital.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
SPECIAL REPORT: 293 Palestinians killed in al-Quds intifada
By Anees Bargouthi
RAMALLAH - A total of 239 Palestinians have been killed since October in alleged attacks or clashes with Israeli forces, in what observers describe as the "Al-Quds Intifada" ("Jerusalem Uprising") against Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land.
THAILAND
BANGKOK - Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong detained on entering Thailand (MOVED)
KOREAS
SEOUL- Key political figure claims United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon 'made up his mind' to aim for the South Korean presidency (MOVED)
PHILIPPINES
ZAMBOANGA - President agrees to talks with fugitive Moro National Liberation Front chair in southern city, but says cannot bring ‘security’