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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Wednesday, April 27, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to attend enlarged meeting of provincial chairmen of his Justice and Development (AK) Party and lunch with representatives of NGOs at the Cankaya Palace.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - Parliament to hold vote of confidence for new coalition government led by Prime Minister Huseyin Ozgurgun.

THE AMERICAS

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - US Federal Reserve to announce its latest decision on whether to raise interest rates or leave them unchanged.

EUROPE

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - The latest round of Syria peace talks to conclude in Geneva. UN Syria Envoy Staffan de Mistura to hold press conference to evaluate the talks and speak about the next round.

FRANCE

PARIS - French Finance Minister Michel Sapin and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem to give media briefing following talks. Greece likely to be discussed.​

GERMANY

BERLIN - Government's response expected on media reports claiming Germany’s foreign intelligence (BND) chief Gerhard Schindler will be sent into early retirement amid scandals.

BERLIN - Planned strikes of public workers are set to disrupt hundreds of flights at Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf, Cologne-Bonn, Dortmund, and Hanover airports.​

CROATIA

ZAGREB - A Turkish delegation led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Turkey-Croatia business forum in Zagreb.

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA

QATAR

DOHA - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to pay two-day visit to Doha to hold official talks with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani.

SOUTH AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORT: Over 1,000 white farmers murdered in South Africa

Almost 50 people are killed each day in post-apartheid South Africa.

By Hassan Isilow

JOHANNESBURG - A total of 1,081 white commercial farmers have reportedly been murdered on farms in South Africa since 1990, the Transvaal Agricultural Union of South Africa (TAU SA) told Anadolu Agency.

JOHANNESBURG - President Jacob Zuma to address the nation as the country celebrates Freedom Day, held annually to commemorate the country’s liberation from decades of colonialism and apartheid.

SOUTH ASIA

SOUTHEAST ASIA & THE PACIFIC

THE KOREAS

SEOUL - North Korea sets date for first party congress in nearly four decades.

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE - Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says Australia will await decision of Papua New Guinea’s government over how to respond after Pacific nation’s Supreme Court ruled that asylum-seeker detention center it hosts for Australia is illegal.

JAPAN

TOKYO - Japan loses $38 billion contract to build submarines for Australia, in bid that would have been first major test for Tokyo since its cabinet lifted long-standing ban on exporting arms.

SPORTS

ANKARA - Turkish basketball heavyweights Galatasaray Odeabank will host French team Strasbourg in ULEB Eurocup final second leg in Istanbul. The final will tip off at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT).