Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, June 28, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

JAPAN

OSAKA - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Japan to attend G20 Leaders’ Summit.

OSAKA - Erdogan to receive UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

OSAKA - Monitoring G20 Leaders' Summit, bilateral meetings of world leaders on margins of summit.

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to release foreign trade figures for May.

ANKARA - Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) to release international reserves and foreign currency liquidity figures as of May.

ANKARA - Ministry of Culture and Tourism to release number of arriving-departing foreigners and citizens figures for May.

PAKISTAN

LAHORE - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani due in Lahore to visit historical site, meet representatives from society

IRAN

TEHRAN - Monitoring Iran's surpassing uranium enrichment limits set out by JCPOA

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPORTS

GERMANY

HAMM- Turkey's Sports Minister Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoglu to attend European Sports and Culture Festival's (ASKFEST) inauguration in Germany.

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkey to take on Slovenia in FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019 co-hosted by Latvia and Serbia.

FRANCE

PARIS - France to face USA in 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup quarter-final match.

SPECIAL REPORT

Manama 'farcical workshop' meant to fail: Expert

- Political expert describes US peace plan as 'steal of the century,' saying it aims to take away all Palestinian rights

By Mahmoud Barakat

ANKARA (AA) - A Palestinian scholar working in Turkey has blasted a recent U.S.-led conference on its Middle East peace plan as a futile exercise.

SPECIAL REPORT

Foreign currency ban triggers uncertainty in Zimbabwe

- Southern African nation resurrects the Zimbabwean dollar, a currency it stopped using over a decade ago due to hyperinflation

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) - The recent decision by the Zimbabwean government to ban local trading in foreign currencies including the US dollar has created uncertainty among traders and investors in the country.

SPECIAL REPORT

Regime prison ordeal leads Syrian woman to help others

- After giving birth during 11-month long incarceration, ex-prisoner starts helping women who share same destiny

By Meryem Goktas

AFRIN, Syria (AA) - Despite years passing since her release, a woman who was jailed by the Syrian regime keeps the memory of her ordeal alive in order to help other women like her who struggle after escaping prison.