Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL – US Vice President Biden meets President Erdogan on second of two-day visit to Turkey.

SPECIAL REPORT:

-Hard lives on Istanbul’s streets

By Handan Kazanci

ISTANBUL (AA) - As Turkey's biggest city experiences biting winter temperatures, Anadolu Agency speaks to those surviving on the streets.

EUROPE

UNITED KINGDOM

SPECIAL REPORT:

- Ex-Russian spy's death was ‘the failed perfect murder’

By Michael Sercan Daventry

LONDON- Analysts say Britain's report into 2006 poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko will have implications far beyond London.

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

SYRIA

DAMASCUS - Despite aid received in recent days, death toll in Syria’s besieged Madaya is rising in what local doctors described as “slow death” of population.

SOUTH ASIA

SPECIAL REPORT:

- Can Pakistan help end row between Saudi Arabia and Iran?

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan appears to be hopeful about its much publicized mediatory role aimed at defusing mounting tensions between rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran.

SOUTHEAST ASIA & PACIFIC

JAPAN

TOKYO – Economy Minister Akira Amari accused of allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for favors for unnamed construction company.

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH – After Cambodian PM Hun Sen’s trip to Singapore for medical check-up, questions have been raised about state of his country's own beleaguered health system.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA - National police chief announces arrest of suspect supporting group believed to be planning terror attack in near future; names 6 more suspects in recent attack at Jakarta shopping center.