Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, June 21, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - TurkStat to announce construction cost index and 2017 vehicle-mileage statistics for April.

IRAN

ISFAHAN - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - European Council summit to continue.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Human rights activists to stage protest demonstration over death of Egypt's former President Mohamed Morsi.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to deliver remarks on release of 2018 annual report on International Religious Freedom.

THE NETHERLANDS

VENLO - Turkiye Diyanet Foundation's Tevhit Mosque to be officially opened in Venlo city.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPORTS

ANKARA - 2019 CEV Men's European Gold League Final Four in Volleyball to start in Estonia. Turkey to take on Estonia.

ISTANBUL - Istanbul-based basketball giants Anadolu Efes to host city rivals Fenerbahce in Game 7 of Turkish basketball league finals series. Winning team to lift Turkish basketball league cup.

ANKARA - Daily round-up for 2019 Copa America.

ANKARA - 2019 Africa Cup of Nations starts on Friday, opening match to be played between host country Egypt, Zimbabwe.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘Yemen shines in flour market with rising demand'

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) - Rising demand for imported flour in Yemen is taking up a growing share of Turkish exports, the head of a prominent flour trade group told Anadolu Agency.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Neglecting Ibn Sina means neglecting ourselves'

By Zehra Nur Duz

ANKARA (AA) - Ibn Sina, a key figure of Islamic philosophy and science, is being commemorated Friday on the 982nd anniversary of his passing.

SPECIAL REPORT

Six candidates add color to Mauritania presidential race

By Mohamed al-Bakkai

NOUAKCHOTT (AA) - Six candidates are vying to succeed President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in Mauritania, who is demitting office after a decade. The country, located in the Northwest of Africa, is going to polls on Saturday.

OPINION

Myanmar: Building businesses over killing fields

By Maung Zarni

LONDON (AA) - Myanmar has for all intent and purpose accomplished its decades-old, ongoing national project of cleansing the strategic border region of Northern Rakhine from Muslims – most specifically the ethnic Rohingya.