Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair Cabinet meeting at Presidential Complex.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in COVID-19 outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.

ANKARA - Following developments in wake of pirate attack on cargo ship in waters off Gulf of Guinea, kidnapping Turkish crew.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to be received by Parliament Speaker Onder Sennaroglu, Prime Minister Ersan Saner, later to meet counterpart Tahsin Ertugruloglu.

MYANMAR

NAYPYIDAW - Following developments after military coup, detaining country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myin.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - New round of talks to start choosing temporary authority.

TUNISIA

TUNIS - Following latest developments of 'suspicious envelope' that arrived at presidential palace.

SOMALIA

MOGADISHU - Following developments after Somali security forces end eight-hour-long siege by al-Shabaab terrorists of Afrik hotel.

GERMANY

BERLIN - German Chancellor to hold video conference on COVID-19 vaccine supplies.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - EU High Representative Josep Borrell to address virtual conference on EU's global role.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - UN talks on situation in Libya take place in Geneva.

THE ECONOMY

LUXEMBOURG - European statistical department Eurostat to reveal unemployment figures for December.

ISTANBUL - Istanbul Chamber of Industry to release Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI).

SPECIAL REPORT

Pedestrianized Burns Road in Karachi brings back foodies

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) - Scores of families have gathered at Burns Road, a century-old food hub in Karachi, to grab a taste of traditional Pakistani cuisine.

SPECIAL REPORT

Yemen: Prisoner swap talks raise hopes for families

By Mohammed Alragawi

ISTANBUL (AA) - Hana al-Sheikh, 41, a mother of four is awaiting the return of her husband Abdulaziz al-Aqili, kidnapped in the war-ravaged Yemeni capital of Sana'a in September 2015.​​​​​​​

SPECIAL REPORT

Private Togo group rescues victims of sexual violence

By Aurore Bonny

KPALIME, Togo (AA) - Young women at a Togolese association are learning how to sew and make fabric as they try to put the realities of sexual and social abuse in the rear view mirror.