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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday, Jan. 18, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will be in Istanbul. [MERITS]

EUROPE

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu visits London. He is expected to meet British premier David Cameron and deliver a speech to the Turkish Foreign Economic Relations Board.

LONDON – U.K. parliament will debate motion to ban Donald Trump from entering the country.

SPECIAL REPORT

Germany's energy ties to Russia alarm Europe, say experts

By Ayhan Simsek

BERLIN (AA) – Germany's close energy ties with Russia and planned Nord Stream II gas will not bring stronger political influence to bear on Moscow but instead risk more divisions within Europe, analysts tell Anadolu Agency.

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK - UN's Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura to brief Security Council, via telephone, on preparations for Jan. 25 peace talks. Meeting will be held behind closed doors. (MERITS)


MIDDLE EAST

IRAN

TEHRAN - International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano to meet President Hassan Rouhani and Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, amid recently concluded Iranian nuclear deal.

SPECIAL REPORT

1967-2015: Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa; an ongoing legacy

By Abd al-Raouf Arnauot

JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli violations of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque have continued unabated since the city was occupied in 1967, according to Palestinian sources.

AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORT

As economy slows, Ghanaians must pay more tax

By Umaru Sanda Amadu

ACCRA, Ghana (AA) – Ghana’s economy is set to slow for the fourth consecutive year, according to African Development Bank statistics, but the government has nonetheless imposed new taxes and raised levies on gasoline.


SOUTH ASIA

PAKISTAN

KARACHI - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit Saudi Arabia on Monday before going on to Iran the following day in bid to ease tensions between the two regional rivals.


SOUTH EAST ASIA & PACIFIC

THAILAND

BANGKOK – Thai Muslims oppose building of Buddhist theme park in country’s south.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL – South Korean defense ministry reveals North Korea has been floating propaganda leaflets south of border every day amid psychological war.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – Authorities reveal one person killed, 22 others injured after magnitude-5.5 earthquake in Maluku Islands.