Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ESKISEHIR - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend opening of Odunpazari Modern Art Museum in central Eskisehir province.

ESKISEHIR - Erdogan also due to attend a meal with his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's provincial organization.

PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD - Third round of China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue to be held in Islamabad under Chairmanship of Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPORTS

DONGGUAN, China - Turkey to face Montenegro in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup classification match.

ANKARA - Turkey women’s national volleyball team to take on Poland in the 2019 CEV Volleyball European Championship semifinals.

ISTANBUL - Turkey national football team to host Andorra in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Garbage men of nature', play key role on environment

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - Despite rumors and a "bad reputation," vultures play an important role in the environment, said the director of a conservation organization.

SPECIAL REPORT

Indonesia: Residents seek gov't support after riots

By Hayati Nupus

JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AA) - Nasriyah, six months pregnant, walked along a muddy swamp carrying Putri, her 15-month-old daughter. Her two other daughters, Riska and Ika, both teenagers, followed close behind, holding hands.

SPECIAL REPORT

Zimbabwe: Women face discrimination in land ownership

By Jeffrey Moyo

KADOMA, Zimbabwe (AA) - As Zimbabwe’s 1970s liberation war veterans seized white-owned farms about two decades ago, now 71-year-old Danisa Njovo suddenly became a proud owner of a five-hectare farm in Chakari area in the country’s Mashonaland west province. But although Agness, his wife, fought alongside her husband during the war, she owns nothing, not even the couple’s urban home in Kadoma.