Diary

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):



TURKEY



ANKARA / MOSCOW - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to travel to Moscow for one-day working visit, including closed-door meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin followed by working dinner and joint press conference.



ISTANBUL - Vice President Fuat Oktay to attend Turkey-Malta Business Council Meeting.



ANKARA - Turkey's statistical authority TurkStat to release consumer confidence index for January.



UK



LONDON - As Brexit remains topic A, Prime Minister Theresa May to take questions at weekly session in the House of Commons.



GERMANY



BERLIN - News conference by Interior Minister Horst Seehofer on government's annual report on asylum and immigration.



SWITZERLAND



DAVOS - Turkey's Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak and Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to hold talks at 49th World Economic Forum.



RUSSIA



MOSCOW - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova to hold news conference.



US



WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass.



SYRIA



ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of U.S. decision to withdraw its troops.



YEMEN



SANAA - Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war.



SPECIAL REPORT



Why so many al-Shabaab attacks on Kenya?



By Hassan Isilow



JOHANNESBURG - Kenya is frequently attacked by al-Shabaab militants because it hosts a number of UN agencies and is a regional economic powerhouse that once attacked draws international media attention, experts tell Anadolu Agency. -