Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Thursday March 3, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – PM Davutoglu to meet European Council President Donald Tusk.

​ISTANBUL - Coverage of Istanbul conference on gender equality. Turkish cabinet ministers will address the gathering.

EUROPE

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Finance Minister George Osborne, German counterpart Wolfgang Schaueble and UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn among speakers at British Chambers of Commerce annual conference.

FRANCE

PARIS – French, German, Ukrainian and Russian FMs take part in Normandy-format meeting on Ukraine.

AMIENS - French President Francois Hollande and British PM lead respective delegations to the Franco-British Summit amid dismantling of 'Jungle' camp in Calais.​

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Launch of the new OHCHR report on human rights situation in Ukraine.

GENEVA - Following the International Syria Support Group's Humanitarian Access Task Force meeting, UN Special Envoy for Syria will speak to the press in Geneva.

AMERICAS

WASHINGTON - Turkish Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Volkan Bozkir delivers public remarks on Turkey and EU.

WASHINGTON - Humanitarian aid groups call for sustained, unfettered access to Syria.

MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA

ISRAEL

JERUSALEM – Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of US joint chiefs-of-staff, to visit Israel Thursday to meet with Israeli PM and defense minister.

SPECIAL REPORT:

-PYD doesn't represent Syrian Kurds: Kurdish politician

By Muhamed Yusuf

ISTANBUL (AA) - The PYD - the Syrian wing of the PKK terrorist group - is closely coordinating its actions with the Assad regime, Russia and Iran, a prominent Kurdish politician tells Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview. ​

AFRICA

GUINEA

CONAKRY- President Erdogan to meet with Guinean counterpart Alpha Conde.

SPECIAL REPORT:

-Kenyan Muslim teacher in line for $1 million prize

By Magdalene Mukami

NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – A Kenyan Muslim teacher is among 10 finalists nominated for this year’s U.S. Global Teachers Prize.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - North Korea fires missiles following adoption of UN Security Council sanctions.

THAILAND

BANGKOK – Deposed Thai PM calls for release of ex-minister detained by junta after calling general’s comments ‘sexist’.

MYANMAR

YANGON – Two Muslims activists working for interfaith harmony in Mandalay to appear in court on charges of contacting unlawful association by visiting rebel-controlled area, after they and Hindu colleague were sentenced to two-year terms for violating immigration laws by illegally crossing border with India.