Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - PM Ahmet Davutoglu is scheduled to hold a press conference with Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov, and separately deliver a speech at Global Forum on Migration and Development.

ANKARA - Analysts forecast that Turkey will show a sharply narrowed monthly current-account deficit for the first time since an economic contraction in 2009 -- the announcement will be at 10 a.m. local time [0700GMT]

SPECIAL REPORT:

- Turkey to share EU's $16 billion research funding

by Thomas Ehritz

BRUSSELS (AA) - Turkey will be able to share the EU's $16 billion research and innovation funding scheme 'Horizon 2020', announced on Tuesday by the European Commission in a statement.

EUROPE

GERMANY

BERLIN - German parliament to debate refugee crisis and cooperation with Turkey to stop refugee influx, ahead of Chancellor Merkel’s visit to Istanbul on Sunday.

UK

LONDON

- Second Prime Minister's Question Time between David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn, where the issue of Saudi Arabia's human rights record or the opposition Labor Party's position on U.K. budget responsibility could be discussed.

- Immigration Minister James Brokenshire gives evidence to the Commons European Scrutiny Committee as the government pushes through reforms aimed at curbing immigration and after it rejects EU plans to distribute migrants proportionately among member states.

SPECIAL REPORT:

- Russian economy sputters, government struggles to cope

by Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) - The Russian government is considering a number of emergency measures to help the country's sputtering economy.

MIDDLE EAST / SOUTH ASIA

PALESTINE

JERUSALEM - Israeli government approves new measures allowing closure of East Jerusalem neighborhoods considered “centers of frictions” following two weeks of widespread protests.

RAMALLAH - Palestinian Health Ministry says 30 Palestinians killed, 1,500 injured by Israeli forces since Oct. 1.

TUNISIA

TUNIS - Tunisian Foreign Ministry says the tens of Tunisians kidnapped in Libya on Tuesday have been released.

SYRIA

ALEPPO - Eight civilians killed in Russian airstrikes on Aleppo, Idlib.

SPECIAL REPORT:

- Public apathy greets Egypt parliamentary elections

By Abdullah Ali

CAIRO (AA) - Capital Cairo and much of Egypt have been adorned with posters of candidates vying in the country’s parliamentary elections. The electoral fever, however, is hardly felt among the public.

AMERICAS

WASHINGTON - Releases of the 2014 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, where the U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry is expected to deliver remarks.

SE ASIA-PACIFIC

MYANMAR

YANGON - Election to go ahead in Myanmar without proposed delay, say officials.

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH - Rohingya refugee sent from Australia in resettlement deal has likely left Cambodia, Interior Ministry say.

PHILIPPINES

ZAMBOANGA - Video emerges of three foreigners, one Filipina in rebel captivity in Philippines south.

AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG

- The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) will debate draft motions on the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa, as well as calls to support the decolonization of the Western Sahara.

- A group of South African activists are expected to organize a march against widespread corruption in Johannesburg and other cities on Wednesday.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Nigerian companies well below average in fighting corruption

by Rafiu Ajakaye

LAGOS (AA) - A survey by Control Risks showed that Nigerian companies do not have the proper controls in place to prevent graft and bribery.