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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkish President Erdogan to receive opinion leaders from Turkey's eastern and southeastern regions at the presidential palace.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release October's economic confidence index.

ISTANBUL - Turkish Prime Minister Davutoglu to attend "Meeting of Working Women" at Halic Congress Center.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Turkish engineers in high demand for international projects

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA - The high quality of Turkish engineers has put them in demand for international projects, experts say.

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to hold closed-door meeting on Syria as council member Russia continues airstrikes. (MERITS)

NEW YORK - UN Special Rapporteur Shaheed to hold news conference on human rights situation in Iran.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Defense Carter and U.S. General Dunford to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on U.S. strategy in the Middle East.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to hold discussion on "Global Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis".

EUROPE

FRANCE

STRASBOURG - European Parliament to debate current migration challenges, in particular refugee flows on the Western Balkans route.

SOUTH ASIA

AFGHANISTAN / PAKISTAN

KABUL/ISLAMABAD - Death toll on the rise following powerful quake that rocked Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday; Rescue crews trying to reach hard-hit remote areas.

MIDDLE EAST

SYRIA

ANKARA - A cholera outbreak in Syria could spread, threatening the entire region, Dr. Ahmad Tarakji, president of the U.S.-based Syrian American Medical Society, told the Disaster Alert Network.

AFRICA

NIGERIA

LAGOS - The chairman of Stanbic IBTC, a major Nigerian bank, has been suspended by banking authorities for accounting irregularities.

SE ASIA-PACIFIC

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH - Cambodia prime minister: Opposition leader may face jail over Facebook page, will not be pardoned.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - South Korean president promises to try for regular family reunions in televised address, also vows strong defense.

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Assets seizure from lese-majeste suspects in Thailand connects them to previous high-profile case.