Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to depart from Esenboga Airport to G20 Leaders’ Summit in Osaka, Japan.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to attend NATO defense ministers’ meetings.

BRUSSELS - Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to elect new secretary general.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial and Arbitrary Executions Agnes Callamard to present report on slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, announced last week, to UN Human Rights Council.

GENEVA - Press conference with Hatice Cengiz, fiancé of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, at UN offices.

BAHRAIN

MANAMA – Following U.S.-led meeting to discuss economic part of U.S. "deal of the century" Mideast peace plan.

US

WASHINGTON - Monitoring U.S.-Iranian tensions after President Donald Trump warned Iran that any attack on “anything American” would be met with “great and overwhelming force.”

INDIA

NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Narendra Modi, visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss ties, strategic partnership.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

THE ECONOMY

HUNGARY

BUDAPEST- Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank to head Joint Economic Commission with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto, followed by joint press conference.

SPORTS

MINSK - Following 2019 European Games in Belarus.

ANKARA - Following 2019 Africa Cup of Nations group matches.

SPECIAL REPORTS

‘US claim that S-400 will compromise equipment untrue’

By Iftikhar Gilani

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AA) - The Russian S-400 missile defense system, which India and Turkey have bought over U.S. objections, is the best in the world in terms of tracking and scanning radar, height parameters, and the area it can cover, according to the retired vice chief of the Indian Air Force.

Syrian woman recalls regime jail torture, rape threats

By Meryem Goktas

AFRIN, Syria (AA) - A former inmate of Syrian prisons run by the Bashar al-Assad regime recounted the torture and abuse she faced during her incarceration as her scars keep horrific memories alive.

Rwandan foreign minister seeks Turkish investment

By Dilara Hamit

ANKARA - Cooperation between Rwanda and Turkey is growing and has strong potential, according to Rwanda's foreign minister.