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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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