Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkish President Erdogan to meet Yemeni President Hadi at the Presidential Palace.

ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Davutoglu to chair Cabinet meeting at Cankaya Prime Ministry Palace.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Breaking the shame cycle in Turkish obesity

By Burcu Arik

ISTANBUL – "I always felt ashamed whenever I looked in the mirror, but everything started when my five-year-old daughter joked at my being overweight and first called me ‘fat’.”

So says 39-year-old Istanbulite Aysel Filiz Guler, whose inspiring and life-saving weight loss success story could encourage others to start a journey like hers. She is just one of thousands of Turkish people -- and millions worldwide -- who have experienced the physical and emotional impact of obesity.

EUROPE

U.K.

LONDON – British Prime Minister Cameron to visit Brussels and renegotiate Britain’s EU membership terms ahead of Thursday’s European Council summit.

SPAIN

SPECIAL REPORT:

Corruption scandals taint Spain’s ruling party

By Alyssa McMurtry

MADRID - Corruption scandals are taking a toll on Spain’s ruling Popular Party with some now even questioning its ability to govern the country.

SWITZERLAND

ZURICH - Suspended FIFA President Blatter's appeal against his eight-year ban from all football-related activities to be heard by the body’s appeals committee.

MIDDLE EAST

SPECIAL REPORT:

Saudi plan for Syria ground assault aims to help opposition

By Ahmed al-Masri

DOHA, Qatar – An announcement by Gulf allies Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to send ground troops to war-torn Syria to fight Daesh is a move aimed at providing support for the Syrian opposition, analysts say.

AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG - Top South African businessmen to hold meetings with trade commissioners from embassies of Turkey, Malaysia and Pakistan in efforts to increase trade ties.

SOUTH ASIA

SPECIAL REPORT:

Jammu Kashmir to pay more for killing pro-independence militants

By Zahid Rafiq

SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir - Indian authorities in Jammu Kashmir revise price list for killing of militants, a move rights organizations say gives an incentive to murder.

SOUTHEAST ASIA & PACIFIC

THAILAND

BANGKOK – Two Uighur men suspected in a Bangkok bombing that killed 20 people in August set to formally hear charges against them in military court.

BANGKOK - Human rights lawyers group advocates right to proper defense under military regime.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – National police chief says presence of militant group led by country’s most-wanted man has spread from forests of Poso town in Sulawesi island to West Nusa Tenggara province to the south.

SPORTS

ANKARA – Istanbul-based football heavyweights Fenerbahce to host Russia's Lokomotiv Moscow at a UEFA Europa League match Tuesday evening.

ANKARA - France's Paris Saint-Germain to host London-based club Chelsea at the Parc des Princes in Paris.

ANKARA - Portugal's Benfica to meet Russian club Zenit in Lisbon.