Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, June 25, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

HATAY - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend various opening ceremonies as well as local meeting of Justice and Development (AK) Party in southern Hatay province.

ANKARA - Following gradual normalization process in Turkey with drop in COVID-19 cases, pandemic situation worldwide.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to host Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan, at White House amid US military withdrawal.

MINNESOTA - Minneapolis ex-police officer Derek Chauvin to be sentenced for murder of George Floyd.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - 2nd day of EU leaders' summit.

BRUSSELS - Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar to meet UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, with news conference to follow.

PALESTINE

JERUSALEM - Following aftermath of cease-fire agreement between Israel, Hamas.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Monitoring developments in Myanmar after Feb. 1 military coup triggered violent protests, crackdown.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to announce road motor vehicle statistics for May.

ANKARA - Turkish Tourism Ministry to announce number of arriving-departing foreigners and citizens for May.

SPORTS

RIMINI, Italy - Turkish women's national volleyball team to face Japan in 2021 FIVB Nations League 3rd-place playoff. Brazil to take on US in final.

SPECIAL REPORT

Will Derek Chauvin offer a motive for George Floyd's murder?

By Andy Roesgen

MINNEAPOLIS, US (AA) - When former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is sentenced Friday for the murder of George Floyd, he might finally shed light on why he did what he did.

SPECIAL REPORT

Girls drop out of school at alarming rate in Somalia

By Mohammed Dhaysane

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) - Although a bright student, Ruweyda Hassan, 17, a resident of Galkayo town in Somalia's northeastern semiautonomous province of Puntland, has fears that she will be pulled out of school.

SPECIAL REPORT

Palestinian widow's struggle to locate husband's grave

By Salam Abu Sharar

HEBRON, Palestine (AA) - Four-year-old Omar and his younger sister living with their mother Shuroq Zahdeh, 25, in the Palestinian town of Hebron are consistently enquiring about their father.