Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, July 22, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – Following normalization process in Turkey amid drop in COVID-19 cases, plus variants and worldwide pandemic situation.

ANKARA – Monitoring developments as severe floods hit Europe, with many casualties reported, dozens missing.

ITALY

NAPLES – Turkey's Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum to attend G20 environment ministers' meeting, to hold bilateral talks.

GERMANY

BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel to hold her annual summer news conference on current domestic and foreign policy issues.

US

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Antony Blinken to host Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani at Department of State.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet Geir Pedersen, UN special envoy for Syria.

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

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG – Monitoring recent developments after days of violent protests, unrest in South Africa over imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma.

PALESTINE

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

MYANMAR

YANGON – Monitoring developments after February military coup triggered violent protests, crackdown.

SPECIAL REPORT

12 refugee seats become talking point in Pakistani-administered Kashmir polls

By Aamir Latif

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistani-administered Kashmir (AA) – Even as the poll campaign to elect the 53-member regional assembly in Pakistani-administered Kashmir or Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has entered into the final phase, the 12 reserved seats for refugees have become a subject of debate.

SPECIAL REPORT

Uncertainty looms as Rohingya mark 1st Muslim holiday on remote island

By Md. Kamruzzaman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – As thousands of stateless Rohingya refugees are celebrating their first Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday on a remote island in Bangladesh, a sense of uncertainty has prevailed over whether they will be peacefully repatriated to their home country of Myanmar.