Diary

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):



TURKEY



ANKARA - Recent developments in Operation Euphrates Shield in northern Syria.



US



NEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon to hold trilateral meeting with Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus President Mustafa Akinci and Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Anastasiadis, and speak to journalists afterwards.



SYRIA



ALEPPO – Attacks by Syrian regime and Russia on civilian residential areas in Aleppo and their aftermath.



JAPAN



End near for Japan's $10B fast breeder reactor.



By Todd Crowell



TOKYO – Closing of $10 billion fast breeder reactor once considered keystone in Japan's efforts to become energy self-sufficient now seen as virtual certainty, following cabinet decision this week to create special commission to recommend options – including decommissioning.



CHINA



BEIJING – Weeks of severe drought leave around 237,000 people in central Hubei province suffering from water shortages, 123,000 hectares of cropland damaged. -