Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, March 26, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council Mohammad Younes Menfi at Vahdettin Mansion.

ANKARA - Monitoring developments on coronavirus pandemic in Turkey, worldwide.

US

WASHINGTON - UN Security Council sanctions committee to meet at request of US over North Korea’s launch of 2 suspected ballistic missiles into sea.

WASHINGTON - Democrats from House of Representatives, Republican Senators to visit US-Mexico border.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - EU leaders' virtual summit to continue on 2nd day with discussions on economic issues, digital agenda.

GERMANY

BERLIN - German Health Minister Jens Spahn to hold news conference on latest developments with respect to COVID-19 pandemic.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to chair meeting of country’s Security Council.

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

TANZANIA

DAR ES SALAAM - Former President John Magufuli to be buried in his home town Chato in northwest Tanzania.

PALESTINE

RAMALLAH - Following latest developments, preparations for Palestinian parliamentary elections slated for May 22.

SAUDI ARABIA

RIYADH - Following regional and international reactions to Saudi initiative to end Yemeni war.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release sectoral confidence index for March.

ANKARA – Turkish Central Bank to announce Capacity Utilization Rate of Manufacturing Industry for March.

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to reveal international reserves, foreign currency liquidity for February

SPECIAL REPORT

Afghanistan's envoy to Ankara evaluates intra-Afghan talks

By Nazli Yuzbasioglu

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey has great potential to step up the peace process in Afghanistan, and the upcoming peace talks in Istanbul slated for April will hopefully pave the way for a cease-fire first, then an agreement on fair and sustainable peace, according to Amir Mohammad Ramin, the Afghan ambassador to Turkey.

SPECIAL REPORT

Fire destroyed Rohingya shelters but not dreams

By Md. Kamruzzaman

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AA) - Ten-year-old Rukiya Begum is one of the dozens of Rohingya children and teenagers in Bangladesh's refugee camps who lost everything, including educational support, in Monday's deadliest fire that killed at least 15 members of the persecuted community and injured over 500 others, according to the UN.

SPECIAL REPORT

Revenues of oil giants decline 35.4% in 2020

By Firdevs Yuksel and Sibel Morrow

ANKARA (AA) - The collective revenues of the world's top 14 publicly traded oil companies declined 35.4% in 2020, according to data compiled by Anadolu Agency from their financial results on Thursday.

SPECIAL REPORT

Messi: Record-breaker still thirsty for more

By Can Erozden

ANKARA (AA) - Barcelona's Argentine superstar Lionel Messi is a man of records as the 33-year-old skipper added a new milestone to his longtime Barca career. Messi racked up 768 Barcelona appearances to be the record holder in this field.

SPECIAL REPORT

New hopes to end 6 years of war in Yemen

By Mohammed Alragawi

ISTANBUL (AA) - Saudi Arabia has offered Yemen's Houthi rebels a nationwide cease-fire plan to end the 6-year military conflict in the country.