Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint press conference with Nicaraguan counterpart.

ANKARA - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to pay official visit for bilateral, international, and regional talks.

ANKARA - European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) to release new commercial vehicle registrations statistics for first half of 2019.

US

WASHINGTON - Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller to testify before Congress about his report on Russian interference in 2016 election.

LONDON - Boris Johnson to take over government as prime minister from Theresa May.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Germany’s new Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to take oath of office in parliament.

GREECE

KOMOTINI / XANTHI - Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to visit Xanthi (Iskece), Komotini (Gumulcine), part of Western Thrace region, which has large Muslim Turkish population.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

PALESTINE

JERUSALEM - Monitoring tension over Israeli move to tear down dozens of homes in East Jerusalem.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Following fierce battles between Tripoli-based Government of National Accord forces and Haftar’s forces near capital Tripoli.

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - Top US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad to meet high-level Afghan government officials to discuss final stage of expected agreement with Afghan Taliban.

SPECIAL REPORT

Pakistan premier's US visit resets relations

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's maiden visit to the U.S. has turned a new page in otherwise fraught relations between the two allies with a "greater understanding" on reconciliation in war-infested Afghanistan and President Donald Trump's offer to mediate in the lingering Kashmir dispute, say local analysts.

SPECIAL REPORT

FaceApp raises concerns over privacy: Experts

By Gozde Bayar

ANKARA (AA) - The popular application FaceApp, which offers users a peek at what they might look like in the future, raises privacy concerns, according to experts.

SPECIAL REPORT

PROFILE - Simon Bolivar, liberator of South America, then and now

By Vakkas Dogantekin

ANKARA (AA) - Simon Bolivar, born this day in July 1783, was the charismatic leader of Latin America’s independence movement from Spain.

SPECIAL REPORT

Random shell leaves Yemeni girl amputated

By Mustafa Rizqallah

ADEN, Yemen (AA) – Every morning, Hadil Mahmoud, a 13-year-old Yemeni girl, used to practice her favorite hobby of climbing trees near her home in the central Taiz province.