Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, July 9, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – Health Minister Fahrettin Koca to meet WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Henri Kluge.

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.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW – Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold news conference.

GERMANY

BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for talks on EU and international issues.

BERLIN – Domestic intelligence agency BfV to release its annual report on outlawed groups, terrorist organizations.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA – UN Special Rapporteur Agnes Calamard to hold news conference on murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS – EU Parliament to hold session to discuss latest situation in Eastern Mediterranean.

US

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump to meet Hispanic leaders at White House.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI – Following clashes between Libyan Army and militias of warlord Khalifa Haftar.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA – Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to attend Turkey-Latvia Joint Economic Trade Committee (JETCO) meeting via video link.

SPECIAL REPORT

Breakup of Britain: Majority of Scots back independence

By Karim El-Bar

LONDON (AA) – A majority of Scots now back independence from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

SPECIAL REPORT

Lebanon's economic crisis is political, experts say

By Mahmoud Barakat

ANKARA (AA) – The ongoing crisis in Lebanon is not economic as it seems but rather political from the outset, which hinders carrying out serious and swift reforms to ease woes of people, according to Lebanese political experts.

SPECIAL REPORT

France returns Algerian remains as nations mend ways

By Cindi Cook

PARIS (AA) – Algeria and France have long had a tenuous relationship, fraught with struggles for power, colonization, even out-and-out war. Steps were taken last week, however, to further mend the two nations' checkered past.

SPECIAL REPORT

Palestinian mothers suffer in silence of Israeli cell

By Salam Abu Sharar

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinian mothers are being held in solitary confinement in Israel without access to medical care, according to their families and a human rights activist.