ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, July 19, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – TurkStat to release house sales statistics for June.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump to meet Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary James Mattis at White House.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin to speak at meeting of Russian ambassadors and permanent representatives.
IRAN
TEHRAN – Russia's Syria envoy Alexander Lavrentiev to visit Tehran for talks with Iranian officials.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD – Following outcome of manual recount of May 12 parliamentary poll results.
BASRA – Following ongoing wave of popular protests against high unemployment, chronic power shortfalls.
ERBIL – Following Iranian artillery attacks on Kurdish separatist positions in northeastern Iraq.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB / HOMS – Monitoring Syrian civil war.
SPECIAL REPORT
Pakistan: Decisive battle in Punjab to decide next PM
By Aamir Latif
LAHORE, Pakistan (AA) – Punjab, the most populous province of Pakistan, has become a battleground for two mainstream political parties in the upcoming general election.
