ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, April 27, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.
ANKARA – Following latest cease-fire agreement for Idlib, northwestern Syria, along Turkey's southern border, reached by Turkey, Russia.
ANKARA – Following Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Turkey, across Muslim world.
UK
LONDON – Prime Minister Boris Johnson expected to chair cabinet meeting upon return to work after COVID-19 recovery.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD – Monitoring political developments after intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi tasked with forming government.
YEMEN
SANAA – Following developments in Yemen after country's UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council declared self-governance.
LIBYA / RUSSIA / TURKEY
TRIPOLI / MOSCOW / ANKARA – Monitoring diplomatic initiatives to resolve Libyan crisis as clashes escalate between internationally recognized Government of National Accord, renegade general Khalifa Haftar around capital Tripoli.
SPORTS
ANKARA – Following impacts of COVID-19 on sports.
SPECIAL REPORT
COVID-19 lockdown poses threat to livestock in Pakistan's Thar desert
By Aamir Latif
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A prolonged lockdown imposed by the government to stem the fast spread of coronavirus has posed a potential threat to the survival of hundreds of thousands of livestock in the country's southeastern Thar Desert, which make up 80% of the local economy, local residents and experts fear.
SPECIAL REPORT
Thousands of Ugandan Muslims begin fast as hunger looms
By Hamza Kyeyune
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Muslims in Uganda are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan differently this year amid government restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus.
