Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive delegation of Turkish Exporters Assembly.

ANKARA – Following latest developments in Eastern Mediterranean.

ANKARA – Following latest developments on novel coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Monitoring developments following deal ending Armenia’s occupation of Azerbaijani territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan to make maiden visit to Kabul where he is scheduled to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to discuss Afghan peace process.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - European Union leaders to hold video-conference on COVID-19 outbreak.

UK

LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson to announce massive investment in defense spending.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR - Monitoring 27th Leaders' Summit of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).

AUSTRALIA

CANBERRA - Australia releases report into allegations of war crimes by its special forces deployed in war-torn Afghanistan.

SPORTS

MOSCOW - Turkish basketball club Anadolu Efes to visit Russia's Khimki Moscow Region in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 10.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA – Turkish Central Bank to hold the 11th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of 2020 to announce bank's decision on interest rates.

SPECIAL REPORT

Bio-toilets change lives in rural Kenya

By Andrew Wasike

NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – Although many poor households across the world have been treating toilets as an extraneous requirement, the absence of it is causing 432,000 diarrhea deaths annually, according to a UN document.

SPECIAL REPORT

Afghans devastated by Aussies’ war crimes

By Shadi Khan Saif

KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) - Afghans have been outraged by the latest confirmation of revelations that Australian forces killed civilians here 'for sport' as revealed in an official secret investigation commissioned by the Canberra government.

SPECIAL REPORT

Pressure mounting on Myanmar over Rohingya repatriation

By Md. Kamruzzaman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Worldwide pressure is seemingly mounting on Myanmar for prompting the Rohingya repatriation issue after the newly elected Suu Kyi administration resuming power for the second consecutive term.

SPECIAL REPORT

Despite vaccines, COVID-19 fight is a long one: scientists

By Peter Kenny

GENEVA (AA) – World Health Organization (WHO) officials reeling under the onslaught of COVID-19 are generally encouraged by recent vaccine developments from companies such a Pfizer, BioNTech, and Moderna.

SPECIAL REPORT

Sigh of relief as Turkish Ambassador welcome evacuees

By Addis Getachew

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - Turkish Ambassador to Ethiopia Yaprak Alp on Wednesday received 20 Turkish citizens just evacuated from the restive Tigray province.