Diary

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, October 14, 2019

(coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY



ANKARA - Following developments in Turkey's ongoing Operation Peace Spring east of Euphrates River in northern Syria.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Azerbaijan to attend seventh Summit of the Turkic Council.

BAKU - Erdogan to meet Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev at Zagulba Palace.

BAKU - Erdogan to join leaders of Turkic Council at dinner hosted by Aliyev.

BAKU - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend meeting of foreign ministers as part of seventh Summit of the Turkic Council.

LUXEMBOURG

LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting to be held.

FRANCE

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron to meet European Council President Donald Tusk.

UK

LONDON - Queen to formally open new Parliamentary session with speech.

LONDON - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to start two-day visit to U.K., address NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Turkey's permanent UN representative in Geneva Sadik Arslan to brief international press members about ongoing Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria.

SPAIN

MADRID - Spanish Supreme Court expected to announce ruling on Catalan separatist leaders trial.

SERBIA

BELGRADE - Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to attend Inter-Parliamentary Union Coordination meeting in Serbian capital.

TUNISIA

TUNIS - Monitoring ramifications of independent candidate Kais Saied's victory in presidential polls.

IRAN



TEHRAN - Following Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit to Iran to facilitate talks between Saudi Arabia, Iran.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Monitoring months-long battles in areas surrounding capital Tripoli.



SYRIA



ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.



SOUTH SUDAN



JUBA - Sudanese government, opposition groups, presidents of Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Egyptian premier to take part in Sudan peace talks.



SOMALIA



MOGADISHU - Somalia to commemorate Oct. 14, 2017 bombing that killed more than 600 people, injured 300.



RWANDA



KIGALI - International Cooperative Alliance global conference opens in Rwanda.



KIGALI - Trial of 25 rebels charged with treason to resume.



SIERRA LEONE



FREETOWN - Indian Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on three-day working visit to strengthen bilateral ties.



ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release Industrial Production Index for August.

LUXEMBOURG - European Statistical Office Eurostat to announce Industrial Production Index for August.

SPORTS

FRANCE

SAINT-DENIS - Turkish national football team to face latest World Cup champions France in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers.



SPECIAL REPORT



Investment in technology key for Turkey's transformation



By Tuba Sahin and Gokhan Ergocun





ISTANBUL (AA) - A meeting of international decision makers agreed Turkey should invest more in technology to instigate a transformation, vice president of Istanbul Finance Summit (IFS) told Anadolu Agency.

SPECIAL REPORT

Tanzania's hunters, gatherers strive to protect wildlife

By Kizito Makoye



Huddled under a giant tree to shield themselves from the blazing sun, Msyani Kikwa and his children are boiling sap from shrubs to make poison for their arrows. -