Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKIYE

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Lebanese premier Najib Mikati. Leaders to hold joint news conference after one-on-one talks and delegation-level talks.

US

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken to meet Greek Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides.

NEW YORK - Russia's envoy at UN Vasily Nebenzia to address news conference on program of work for month of February as Russia takes over one-month presidency of UN Security Council.

UKRAINE

KYIV - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to visit Ukraine.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to receive Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to have phone talk with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

​​​​​​​THE ECONOMY

ISTANBUL - Istanbul Chamber of Industry to release Manufacturing PMI for January.

LONDON - London-based IHS Markit to announce Eurozone Manufacturing PMI for January.

LUXEMBOURG - European Statistical Institute (Eurostat) to announce Eurozone unemployment rate for December.

LONDON - London-based IHS Markit to announce US Manufacturing PMI for January.

WASHINGTON - US Labor Department to announce JOLTS Job Openings for December.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - Following Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 24 games, including Fenerbahce Beko vs. LDLC Asvel Villeurbanne game.

SPECIAL REPORT

Tanzanian charity debunks stereotypes against hijab-wearing Muslim women

By Kizito Makoye

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AA) - A local charity in Tanzania is working to debunk stereotypes and discrimination against hijab-wearing Muslim women in the job market, unleash their potential without compromising their faith and promote a shared understanding of equal treatment in a diverse society.

SPECIAL REPORT

Military coup, COVID-19 adds miseries to Rohingya refugees in India

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) – Terming his community hapless among all the refugees living in India, a Rohingya activist asked New Delhi to attend to the necessities of his community to uphold commitments to human rights and democratic credentials.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Barring use of hijab is attack on Fundamental Right,' Indian experts say

By Ahmad Adil
NEW DELHI (AA) - Barring students from wearing Hijab is an attack on the "symbols of faith" and the majority community in India should speak up against such moves, activists and experts in India say.

SPECIAL REPORT

Ex-Taliban hostage plans to return to Afghanistan to serve people

By Shafiq Ahmad

ANKARA (AA) – Timothy Weeks, 54, an Australian teacher kidnapped in Afghanistan along with his American colleague in 2016, is intending to return to the country and serve its people under the Taliban.

SPECIAL REPORT

Tanzania's ruling party lauds unsung heroes of South Africa’s liberation struggle

By Kizito Makoye

MOROGORO, Tanzania(AA) - The ruling party in the east African country of Tanzania, Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM), has hailed former exiled members of the African National.

SPECIAL REPORT

OPINION - Myanmar Spring or New Oo Revolution – has finally arrived

By Maung Zarni

LONDON - Tomorrow marks one year anniversary of the military coup made to look like the generals’ constitutional take-over of the reins of the state from the re-elected government of the National League for Democracy led by Aung San Suu Kyi.

SPECIAL REPORT

Senior Ukrainian religious authority hails Turkiye's mediation between Kyiv, Moscow

By Jeyhun Aliyev and Talha Yavuz

ANKARA (AA) - A senior religious authority in Donbas region of eastern Ukraine hailed the role of Turkiye in mediation of the conflict between Kyiv and Moscow.