Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, April 21, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKIYE

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Blue Homeland military exercise via video conference.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to provide update on Russia and Ukraine.

UK

LONDON – House of Commons to debate and hold vote on whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled Parliament in statements made about coronavirus regulations and events at Downing Street.

LONDON – Queen Elizabeth II turns 96. Occasion will be marked with gun salutes in London.

LONDON – Prime Minister Boris Johnson to start 2-day visit to India.

FRANCE

PARIS - Emmanuel Macron is expected to give interview to France 2 TV channel.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with heads of diplomatic missions of Latin American and Caribbean states.

UKRAINE

KYIV - Following Russia’s war on Ukraine, sanctions, efforts for peace, and related international developments.

SPORTS

MILANO - Anadolu Efes to take on AX Armani Exchange Milan in Euro League playoffs.

THE ECONOMY

LUXEMBOURG - European Statistical Institute to announce inflation for March.

WASHINGTON - US Labor Department to announce initial jobless claims.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release consumer confidence index for April.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkish anti-terror efforts in northern Iraq in line with int’l law, aim to boost regional security

By Ali Murat Alhas

ANKARA (AA) – With most of the PKK terrorist group’s presence eliminated in Turkish territories, the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) have stepped up their counter-terrorism efforts, launching the latest military campaign in northern Iraq titled “Operation Claw-Lock” to bring an end to a longstanding issue.

SPECIAL REPORT

Attacks against Muslims indicate Islamophobia rooted in Canada

By Barry Ellsworth

TRENTON, Canada (AA) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau often comments that diversity is Canada's strength but those willing to fan violent flames of Islamophobia are on the rise.

SPECIAL REPORT

Muslim innovator’s magic hands help India’s troubled farmers

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) – A septuagenarian Muslim innovator’s magic touch is transforming the lives of thousands of distressed farmers in India’s southern province of Karnataka and outside.

SPECIAL REPORT

Poet, philosopher Iqbal’s first and last residences in Lahore enliven memories

By Kiran Butt

LAHORE, Pakistan (AA) – Just behind the colonial-era building of Government College (University), in the Pakistani metropolis of Lahore, is a boarding house where famous poet and philosopher Allama Muhammad Iqbal spent five years of his student life.

SPECIAL REPORT

Emmanuel Macron: From maverick to target of dissent

By Shweta Desai

PARIS (AA) - In 2017, Emmanuel Macron came to power as France’s eighth president and the youngest leader ever to occupy the Elysee Palace, his political rise in a matter of months from a rank outsider who had never contested an election to head of state nothing but dazzling.