ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, October 24, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend drawing ceremony for new district governors.
ANKARA – Newly appointed Austrian, Chilean and Montenegrin ambassadors to Turkey to present their credentials to Erdogan at presidential complex.
ANKARA – Following developments on Turkey's deal with US, Russia on Syria.
AZERBAIJAN
BAKU – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet Iranian, Malaysian and Venezuelan counterparts in separate meetings on sidelines of 18th summit of Non-Aligned Movement.
BAKU – Cavusoglu to attend meeting of Ministerial Committee on Palestine on sidelines of 18th summit of Non-Aligned Movement.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS – Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to attend 2-day NATO defense ministers meeting starting Thursday in Brussels.
SPAIN
MADRID – Body of Spain's former dictator Fransisco Franco to be moved from Valley of Fallen monument to another cemetery outside Madrid.
UK
LONDON – Developments on discovery of 39 bodies in truck container to be followed.
RUSSIA
SOCHI – Russia-Africa Economic Forum continues.
ETHIOPIA
ADDIS ABABA – United Nations, African Union press briefing on horn of Africa progress and challenges.
OROMIA – Monitoring protest in Ethiopia's Oromia region.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.
LEBANON
BEIRUT – Following protests against government's tax policy.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to address public ahead of expected protests on Friday.
SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG – Following developments after first black leader, councillors of South Africa’s main opposition party accuse party of racism and resigned.
ECONOMY
ANKARA – Central Bank of Turkey to hold 7th Monetary Policy Committee Meeting of this year to determine interest rates.
BRUSSELS – European Automobile Manufacturers Association to announce Commercial Car Registrations data for September.
FRANKFURT – European Central Bank to hold monetary policy meeting to determine interest rates.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkey agree with Russia, US on Syria, border security
By Gozde Bayar
ANKARA (AA) – Turkey has struck two major deals with Russia and the U.S. for a long-planned safe zone in northern Syria, a critical development which is expected to change the dynamics of the Syrian crisis in favor of millions of displaced Syrian refugees.
SPECIAL REPORT
Build global alliance for Kashmir: Ex-Pakistan minister
By Sorvar Alam
ISTANBUL (AA) – A former Pakistani minister has called for building a global alliance, to create awareness about the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, which is under a near-complete lockdown, since Aug 5, when India revoked autonomy of the region.
SPECIAL REPORT
Mother of civil rights movement remembered worldwide
By Zehra Nur Duz
ANKARA (AA) – Thursday marks the 14th anniversary of the death of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pioneering role in a bus boycott.
SPECIAL REPORT
'Greece does not let Turkey restore even one fountain'
By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet
IZMIR, Turkey (AA) – There are around 20,000 Ottoman monuments in Greece and the country does not allow Turkey to restore even one of them, an academic said.
SPECIAL REPORT
'Turkey only country to back Syrians, safe zone a hope'
By Vakkas Dogantekin
ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's safe zone in northern Syria will motivate millions of displaced locals to return to their country because Turkey helps them with everything they need for early recovery, said one of the leaders of the Syrian community.
SPECIAL REPORT
Mexico’s cartels maintain firm grip on country
By Sierra Juarez
QUERETARO, Mexico (AA) – The recent arrest and release of the son of notorious drug lord “El Chapo” Guzman in Culiacan, Sinaloa has raised controversy and prompted open dialogue across Mexico.
SPECIAL REPORT
Climate refugees: Forgotten migrants in environment
By Burak Bir
ANKARA (AA) – Climate change is causing millions of people to migrate from their homelands, according to a climate activist.
SPECIAL REPORT
Rohingya boys stuck in limbo in Myanmar capital
By Kyaw Ye Lynn
KAWHMU, Myanmar (AA) – After spending nearly two years in Hnget Awe San Youth Rehabilitation Centre in outskirts of Myanmar’s largest city Yangon, Abdul Morphorus sometimes feels that it is his home.
