Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to host Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov at presidential complex.

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Bayramov to hold joint news conference.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.

ANKARA - Following cease-fire agreement for Idlib, northwestern Syria, along Turkey's southern border, reached by Turkey, Russia.

UNITED STATES

CONNECTICUT - Monitoring primary election to be held in Connecticut ahead of presidential polls to be held in country on Nov. 3.

LEBANON

BEIRUT - Monitoring aftermath of deadly blast last week at warehouse containing explosives at capital port.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet his German counterpart Heiko Maas for talks on bilateral relations, international issues.

BELARUS

MINSK - Monitoring protests against Sunday's presidential election results that gave landslide victory to country’s leader Alexander Lukashenko.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Following clashes between Libyan army, militias of warlord Khalifa Haftar.

SPORTS

GELSENKIRCHEN / DUISBURG, Germany - UEFA Europa League quarterfinals to end with the Shakhtar Donetsk-Basel, Wolverhampton-Sevilla matches.

SPECIAL REPORT

Tanzanian nutritionist wins award for fighting hunger

By Kizito Makoye

MOROGORO, Tanzania (AA) - A young nutritionist and food entrepreneur in Tanzania has won a prestigious international award for devising innovative business solutions to improve nutrition for low-income and marginalized families.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Turkey-Azerbaijan drills sign of courage, defense power'

By Jeyhun Aliyev

ANKARA (AA) - Recent large-scale military drills between Turkey and Azerbaijan demonstrated the power, courage and defense capabilities of their armed forces, according to an Azerbaijani lawmaker.

SPECIAL REPORT

US lawsuit claims Aljabri was target of Saudi hit squad

By Barry Ellsworth

TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is under yet another dark cloud, this time for allegedly ordering a hit team to kill a former top intelligence agent of the Kingdom.