Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, June 27, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

JAPAN

OSAKA - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend reception ahead of G20 Leaders’ Summit hosted by Osaka governor and mayor, receive honorary doctorate degree from Mukogawa Women's University

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to attend second day of NATO defense ministers’ meetings

US

WASHINGTON - US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to hold hearing on ‘Religious Freedom in Turkey’

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani visits Islamabad to hold talks with Pakistani leadership

IRAN

TEHRAN - Iran to surpass uranium enrichment limits set out by JCPOA

SPORTS

ANKARA - Turkey to face Italy in FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019 group match in Nis, Italy

ANKARA - Following 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

ANKARA - England to take on Norway in 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup quarter-finals in Le Havre, France

SPECIAL REPORT

Pakistan ex-spy chief: US dictate on S-400 'difficult'

By Iftikhar Gilani

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AA) - Gen. Ehsan ul Haq retired as chairman joint chiefs of staff committee of the Pakistan military in October 2007. He was chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the premier Pakistan intelligence agency, between October 2001 and 2004, the crucial period that saw American intervention in Afghanistan.

SPECIAL REPORT

Karachi cemetery: Memorial to war's fallen

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) - Sitting under a lignum tree to avoid the midday broiling sun, Saeed Baqri told the history of the Karachi War Cemetery.

SPECIAL REPORT

Ethiopia: Taking layers off mysterious coup attempt

By Addis Getachew

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - Ethiopians over the past few days have been trying to make sense of what has been described as "a failed coup" as armed men gunned down high-ranking military officers and officials in the capital Addis Ababa and the northern city of Bahir Dar.

SPECIAL REPORT

I thought I was dead: Syrian man tortured in Assad jail

By Mohamad Misto and Adham Kako

ISTANBUL (AA) - "I thought I was dead when they pulled out my toe nails and put my feet in iced water," said a Syrian man, recounting the excruciating torture he endured imprisoned by the Syrian regime for over three years after completing his military service.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey’s ancient Lycian Way awaits adventurers, trekkers

By Ali Murat Alhas

ANKARA (AA) - When tourism and Turkey are mentioned together, one might think about country's countless blue-flagged beaches and ancient sites, but it also appeals to adventurers with one of world’s longest footpath: the Lycian Way.

SPECIAL REPORT

Syrian teen carries burden of providing for family

By Meryem Goktas

AL-BAB, Syria (AA) - Forced to grow up without having the chance to live his childhood under peace, a 14-year-old boy provides for his family in war-torn Syria.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey refurbishes S.Africa’s historic Soweto mosque

By Hassan Isilow

PRETORIA, South Africa (AA) - Turkey’s state-run aid agency- TIKA has completed massive renovations at a historic mosque in Johannesburg’s township of Soweto, the agency said.

SPECIAL REPORT

Despite tensions, US-Iran war unlikely: Analysts

By Syed Zafar Mehdi

TEHRAN (AA) - Heightened tensions between Iran and the United States in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's unilateral withdrawal from a 2015 landmark unclear deal have brought the two adversaries to the brink of a direct military confrontation.