Diary

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

Despite its many good points, the reform package Lebanon's prime minister unveiled this week is unlikely to defuse the ongoing tensions or satisfy protesters, agreed two local analysts.

Recent presidential and parliamentary elections in Tunisia have revived hopes in the Arab world for a second wave of Arab Spring for achieving a democratic transition and greater political freedom, analysts believe.

A summit Tuesday in Sochi between the presidents of Turkey and Russia on a Syrian safe zone is expected to be positive, said a former White House security expert.

Four years ago, breast cancer claimed the life of her mother. Now, 34-year-old Thembi Bhebhe, a high school teacher, is battling cervical cancer, bed-ridden at her Harare home, the Zimbabwean capital.

Among many reforms undertaken by the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, 43, that won him the Nobel peace prize recently, was to ensure a considerable degree of freedom to media. -