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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018
ANKARA
Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum to be special guest at Anadolu Agency Editors' Desk.
ANKARA - Ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party spokesperson Omer Celik to hold press conference.
ANKARA - EU statistics office Eurostat to release industrial production figures for September.
ISTANBUL - Following national and international reactions to case of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
BELARUS
MINSK - Turkish Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim to visit school built by Turkey as well as Minsk Mosque.
CHINA
BEIJING - Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul to meet with his Chinese counterpart Fu Zhenghua.
UK
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to hold Cabinet meeting to discuss final Brexit deal with her ministers after taking questions from lawmakers in House of Commons.
US
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Khalid bin Muhammad al-Atiyah.
WASHINGTON - Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs to release report on costs of U.S. wars since Sept. 11, 2001.
SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa to lead South African delegation to European Union in France and Belgium for two-day working visit, where he will address European Parliament and meet top officials there.
ETHIOPIA
ADDIS ABABA - African foreign ministers meet today to discuss reform ahead of extraordinary session of heads of state on same issue.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring Syrian civil war.
SPECIAL REPORT
‘Turkey can play bigger role in new global order’
By Meryem Goktas
ANKARA - Turkey can play a big role in the new global order, according to a Japanese political scientist.
RUSSIA
SPECIAL REPORT
Russia betting on Taliban victory in Afghanistan
By Elena Teslova
MOSCOW - Thirty years after its defeat in Afghanistan, Russia has made common cause with what was once its bitterest enemy in the country -- the Taliban movement.