Diary

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):



TURKEY



ANKARA – Turkish parliament to start second legislative session with opening speech from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.



ANKARA – Parliament to debate extension of Turkish military presence in Syria and Iraq.



MYANMAR



YANGON – State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi calls on Southeast Asian regional bloc for support in solving "complex situation" in troubled Rakhine State, home to around 1.2 million stateless Rohingya Muslims.



PHILIPPINES



ZAMBOANGA CITY – Presidential spokesman attempts to clarify president's defense of his anti-drug campaign in which he referred to Adolf Hitler by saying Rodrigo Duterte was trying to deflect critics' comparisons of him and the Nazi leader.



THAILAND



BANGKOK – Police say man whose dismembered body was found in a freezer at a suspected forged passport den in Bangkok was "likely an east European". -