Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANTALYA - Turkey's Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to attend 12th Plenary of Asian Parliamentary Assembly and to hold bilateral and delegation-level meetings.

QATAR

DOHA - Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to attend opening ceremony of Doha Security Forum and Khalid Bin Walid Barracks in Qatar.

DOHA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend 19th Doha Forum.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Monitoring anti-government protests in capital Baghdad and southern provinces.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB/HASAKAH/RAQQA - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPECIAL REPORT

Biggest theme park to open in Moscow

By Elena Teslova

MOSCOW (AA) - The biggest theme park in Europe will open in the Russian capital at the end of February.

SPECIAL REPORT

Ebola: Africa-born deadly virus keeps killing thousands

ANKARA (AA) - Alongside several deadly epidemics, Ebola continues to claim the lives of thousands of Africans on the continent where the viral disease had first appeared.

SPECIAL REPORT

Mevlana Rumi transcends physical, linguistic boundaries

By Iftikhar Gilani

ANKARA (AA) - Apart from Turkey, the 13th century Sufi mystic, poet, philosopher and theologian Mevlana or Maulana Jalaludin Rumi has a huge fan following in South Asia.

SPECIAL REPORT

ANALYSIS - Dark clouds hanging over France

ISTANBUL (AA) - Life is practically coming to a halt in France as an ‘unlimited’ pension-reform strike continues.

SPECIAL REPORT

Dahlan: UAE agent and plotter against peoples’ wills

ANKARA (AA) - Ankara’s accusation against Palestinian “activist” Mohammad Dahlan for being part of the attempted coup in July 2016, which listed him on the country’s most wanted terrorists list, was not the first accusation against him.

SPECIAL REPORT

Bangladesh: Government, minorities angry at India’s citizenship law

By Md. Kamruzzaman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - A new legislation approved by the Indian parliament, granting citizenship rights to minorities from neighboring countries, has created a diplomatic row between India and Bangladesh.