Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

TÜRKİYE

ISTANBUL - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to participate in inspections at Istanbul Zeyport and Joint Coordination Center overseeing Ukrainian grain exports.

ALGERIA

ALGIERS - Following wildfires spreading across northern areas of Algeria.​​​​​​​

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Monitoring political crisis in Iraq as Sadrists reject outcomes of national dialogue.

UK

LONDON - Railway workers take part in last day of latest round of industrial action over pay and conditions.

UKRAINE

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

SPORTS

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Oleksandr Usyk to take on Anthony Joshua in heavyweight world boxing championship match.

SPECIAL REPORT

Poor sanitation in Bangladesh's Rohingya camps breeding ground for dengue mosquitos

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease, has claimed several lives among the stateless Rohingya refugees living in one of the world's largest and most congested refugee camps in Bangladesh's southeast coastal Cox's Bazar district, which health experts believe is a breeding ground for the small dark-colored insect with white lyre-shaped markings and banded legs.