Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, March 5, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Monitoring developments after Cougar-type helicopter crashes in eastern Turkey, resulting in 11 martyrs.

US

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to meet on situation in Myanmar as security forces respond violently to protestors in wake of military coup earlier this month.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar to receive EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in his office.

PALESTINE

JERUSALEM - Anti-settlement protests to be held in different parts of occupied West Bank.

GAZARAMALLAH - National Dialogue for Palestinian Diaspora conference to launch virtually to discuss developments in Palestinian issue.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Pope Francis to make first Iraq visit including capital, Baghdad, provinces Najaf, Dhi Qar, Erbil, Nineveh.

NEW ZEALAND

WELLINGTON - Monitoring developments after 3 powerful earthquakes jolted region in single day.

MYANMAR
YANGON - Monitoring developments in Myanmar as over 60 protesters killed since Feb. 1 military coup.

LIBYA
TRIPOLI - Following efforts to convene Libyan Parliament to vote on government formation.

YEMEN
SANAA - Monitoring confrontations between government forces, Houthis that continue on several fronts, mainly in eastern Marib.

SPORTS
LYON, France - Turkish basketball club Fenerbahce Beko to visit France's LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 28.

SPECIAL REPORT

Sino-Pak ties: Diplomacy to strategic partnership

By Aamir Latif and Islamuddin Sajid

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) - Pakistan and China, longtime Asian allies, kicked off celebrations this week to mark the 70th anniversary of their diplomatic relations, which have progressed from formal diplomacy to strategic partners in recent decades.

SPECIAL REPORT

ANALYSIS - Greece and Southern Cyprus seek concessions, not solutions

By Prof. Huseyin Isiksal

ISTANBUL (AA) - Important developments are taking place in the Aegean (Islands) Sea and Cyprus. The main factor of this new dynamic is undoubtedly the steps taken by the Turkish side and its desire for settlement.

SPECIAL REPORT

Disabled in Zimbabwe cry for attention

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) - Even as landlocked southern African country Zimbabwe has begun vaccinating people against the COVID-19, there seems no hope for the disabled population to be attended to anytime soon.