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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday, May 16, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - Transparency International to launch guide to fighting corruption in the private sector in Istanbul, in wake of major international anti-corruption summit in London.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Turkish NGOs say Istanbul summit must deliver

By Humeyra Atilgan Buyukovali

ISTANBUL (AA) – With first-ever international humanitarian summit only a week away, Turkey's leading aid groups focus on the need to localize aid.

EUROPE

LONDON – Group leading investigation into alleged anti-Semitism in opposition Labour Party to hold press conference at Westminster.

LONDON – Recipient of the Man Booker International Prize announced at a ceremony at V&A museum; Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk nominated.

AFRICA

KENYA

NAIROBI – Defying government warnings, Kenyan opposition leader vows to continue nationwide protests to kick out electoral commission bosses, setting the stage for confrontation.

SOUTH ASIA

PAKISTAN

KARACHI – Pakistani PM to answer questions in parliament regarding Panama Papers revelations about his family.

SOUTH EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE – Five men charged over suspicion that they planned to leave Australia by boat to eventually try to join Daesh in Syria to be extradited to Melbourne to face court.

JAPAN

TOKYO – Japan to join joint naval exercise with the US and India and ‘missile warning exercise’ with US and South Korea next month.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – National police chief says two sympathizers of Indonesia’s most wanted man who has pledged allegiance to Daesh killed in gunfight.