Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Davutoglu to meet prime minister-designate of Libya’s Government of National Accord at Cankaya Palace.

ANKARA - Current account balance report due from Turkish central bank.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Finance and technology close ranks in Turkey

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA - A new breed of Turkish financial technology companies is integrating banks and financial services companies with cutting-edge high-tech solutions for customers.

EUROPE

SWITZERLAND

ZURICH - The world’s best football players and coaches will be announced at the annual FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Kazakhstan takes measures to adjust to weak currency

By Zaki Shaikh and Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

LONDON - Kazakh government is taking measures to adjust to the weak tenge, which has lost 35 percent of its value against the dollar in the first few days of the New Year.

MIDDLE EAST

SPECIAL REPORT:

Hotel attack deals death blow to Egypt tourism, experts warn

By Kassim Amin

CAIRO - Last week's deadly attack in a Hurghada hotel will further reduce the chances of recovery for Egypt’s already-struggling tourism sector, industry insiders warn.

SOUTH ASIA

PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD - Representatives of Pakistan, Afghanistan, U.S. and China to convene in Islamabad for first meeting of "Quadrilateral Committee on Afghan Reconciliation".

NEPAL

SPECIAL REPORT:

Nepalese protesters, gov't inch towards reconciliation

By Deepak Adhikari

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Amid signs of growing rapprochement, Nepalese protesters and government negotiators resume talks, raising hopes of ending months-long political deadlock over country’s new constitution.

SOUTHEAST ASIA & PACIFIC

INDONESIA

JAKARTA - Former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali to be sentenced for corruption in connection to awarding friends and family members hajj quotas and free pilgrimages, which his ministry oversaw.

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Thai regime aggrieved at timing of report by local NGOs on torture in Muslim majority south, as leader of Organization of Islamic Cooperation in region.

KOREAS

SEOUL - Psychological war intensifies between Koreas, with North aiming to drown out South's border broadcasts.