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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018
ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to separately receive Hakan Fidan, head of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), and Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim at the presidential complex.
ANKARA/WASHINGTON - Desk to follow developments after U.S. Treasury Department imposes sanctions on two Turkish ministers.
U.K.
LONDON - Developments regarding Islamophobic remarks by former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to be followed as pressure builds up on the Conservative Party to take disciplinary action.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold a news conference.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB/HOMS - Desk to monitor Syrian civil war.
PALESTINE
JERUSALEM/GAZA CITY - Following reports of imminent ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel.
MAURITANIA
NOUAKCHOTT - Following developments in run-up to Mauritanian parliamentary polls slated for Sept. 1.
SPORTS
ISTANBUL - Besiktas to take on LASK Linz at Vodafone Park and Medipol Basaksehir to take on Burnley at Fatih Terim Stadium at 1800GMT in Champions League 3rd qualifying round.
SPECIAL REPORT:
First veiled US TV reporter defies odds to go on air
By Michael Hernandez and Bilgin Sasmaz
WASHINGTON (AA) - Tahera Rahman knew her road to becoming the U.S.'s first veiled Muslim television reporter would be fraught with obstacles.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Leicester's shining attraction: King Richard III
By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal
LEICESTER, UK (AA) – Forgotten in a grave under a car park for more than 500 years after his death in a medieval battlefield, England’s King Richard III, has been a center of attraction in historical city of Leicester.
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