ARGENTINA
BUENOS AIRES - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan due to arrive to attend G20 Leaders Summit.
TURKEY
ANKARA - Health Minister Fahrettin Koca to be special guest of Anadolu Agency’s Editor’s Desk.
ANKARA - TurkStat to release economic confidence index for November.
ANKARA - BDDK, Turkey's banking watchdog, to release sectoral figures for October.
ISTANBUL - 2nd Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States Conference on Mediation to be held in Istanbul.
ISTANBUL - Vice President Fuat Oktay to attend conclusion of Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) meeting in Istanbul.
ISTANBUL - World Halal Summit Istanbul (WHSI) and 6th Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Halal Expo to start in Istanbul.
ISTANBUL - Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim to meet Iranian counterpart Ali Larijani and to attend opening ceremony of Asian Parliamentary Assembly's general meeting.
ANKARA - Following local and international developments in case of killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
US
WASHINGTON - House Foreign Affairs Committee holds hearing on US policy on Syria. James Jeffrey, special representative for Syria engagement, is due to testify.
CHINA
BEIJING - Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy to meet his Chinese counterpart Luo Shugang, hold a press conference, and attend concert capping China's 2018 Year of Turkish Tourism.
KAZAKHSTAN
ASTANA - Main session of 11th round of Syria peace talks to be held in Kazakh capital.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - Monitoring developments after Russia seized Ukrainian ships off Crimea.
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to speak at congress of Russian Popular Front (ONF).
MOSCOW - Putin to hold Security Council meeting.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.
PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD - Premier Imran Khan likely to brief nation about government performance at conclusion of his first 100 days in office.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Pakistan: Sikh tourism to pave way for talks with India
By Aamir Latif
KARACHI, Pakistan - In a rare gesture of understanding, Pakistan and India have agreed to open a key border crossing next year ahead of the historic birthday of the founder of the Sikh religion.
SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa to lead delegation to G20 Leaders Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in his first G20 summit since taking office in February.
