Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Sept. 2, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend judicial year opening day ceremony at Bestepe National Congress and Culture Center.

ANKARA - Erdogan later to chair his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's Central Executive Committee meeting at party headquarters.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release GDP statistics for second quarter.

SLOVENIA

BLED - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to address panel on multiculturalism at 14th Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenian resort town.

BLED - Cavusoglu to meet Slovenia's President Borut Pahor, Prime Minister Marjan, and his counterpart Miro Cerar for talks.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to hold talks with Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif.

GERMANY

BERLIN - News conferences of political parties on outcome of regional elections in federal states of Saxony and Brandenburg to be followed.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

LEBANON

BEIRUT - Following tension between Israel and Hezbollah after latter's targeting Israeli vehicle.

SUDAN

KHARTOUM - Following latest developments in wake of bids of Forces for Freedom and Change to form government.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG - Hearings of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry probing Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector expected to continue in Johannesburg.

SPECIAL REPORT

Anadolu Agency’s war journalism program continues

By Meryem Goktas

ANKARA (AA) - Anadolu Agency's 16th war journalism training program has continued on Monday under the supervision of the agency’s news academy.

SPECIAL REPORT

Iran’s tourism booming despite US sanctions

By Syed Zafar Mehdi

TEHRAN (AA) - Sauntering through the teeming traditional markets of Isfahan, the erstwhile capital of Iran during the Safavid rule, Daniel and his partner Julie were busy picking up souvenirs for their friends back at home.