Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend meeting of provincial heads of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party.

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency’s Editor's Desk to host Education Minister Ziya Selcuk.

ISTANBUL - GameX 2019 (44th International Digital Game and Exhibition) to start in Tuyap Fair and Exhibition Center.

UK

LONDON - House of Lords to debate Brexit delay bill passed by House of Commons.

LONDON - US Vice President Mike Pence to meet Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

LONDON - High Court to hear legal challenge by campaigner Gina Miller and former Prime Minister John Major against planned prorogation of parliament.

RUSSIA

VLADIVOSTOK - Plenary meeting of Eastern Economic Forum with participation of Vladimir Putin, Mongolia's President Khaltmaagiin Battulga, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Bin Mohamad, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

ITALY

ROME - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, his Cabinet to be sworn in presence of President Sergio Mattarella.

MOZAMBIQUE

MAPUTO - Pope Francis to meet with government authorities, Church leaders.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG - Following ongoing anti-immigrant violence in Johannesburg.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPORTS

SHANGHAI, China - Turkey national basketball team to face Czech Republic in 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group E match.

SPECIAL REPORT

Amazon rainforest fires cannot be defined as natural

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - There are man-induced and natural fires in the Amazon rainforest but ongoing fires cannot be explained as natural, according to the head of a non-profit environmental group.

SPECIAL REPORT

Niqab seeks a return in Sri Lanka amid fears, uncertainty

By Ameen Izzadeen

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AA) - To veil or not to veil? Since the lifting of the state of emergency Aug. 22, this nagging question has divided Sri Lanka’s Muslim community amid rising concern about the threat the veil poses to the country’s security.

SPECIAL REPORT

Mothers rise against PKK terrorists’ child recruitment

By Ali Murat Alhas and Faruk Zorlu

ANKARA (AA) - A mother on Tuesday launched a sit-in protest in front of the provincial office of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Diyarbakir, accusing it of kidnapping her underage son into the PKK terror group.

SPECIAL REPORT

Indonesia’s Papua: Between demands for referendum and social justice

By Nicky Aulia Widadio

JAKARTA (AA) – Indonesia's easternmost province Papua region, saw violent riots in several cities on Aug 19, following allegations of racist abuse and mistreatment of Papuan students on Java Island.

SPECIAL REPORT

Indonesians seeking higher education in Turkey

By Pizaro Gozali

JAKARTA (AA) – Nearly 150 Indonesian students fled to Turkey to pursue studies at a number of tertiary institutions.