Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend his Justice and Development (AK) Party's group meeting at parliament and also chair its Central Executive Board (MYK) meeting at party headquarters.

ANKARA - Erdogan to receive Malaysian Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali at presidential complex and remotely attend Bartin-Kurucasile road opening ceremony.

ANKARA - Following normalization process in Turkey amid drop in COVID-19 cases, plus variants and worldwide pandemic situation.

TAJIKISTAN

DUSHANBE - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to take part in Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) − Afghanistan Contact Group.

PALESTINE

JERUSALEM - Following aftermath of May cease-fire agreement between Israel, Hamas.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Monitoring developments after February military coup triggered violent protests, crackdown.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to release short-term external debt statistics for May.

LUXEMBOURG - Eurostat to release industrial production figures for May.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘FETO terrorists cloaked as philanthropists pose threat to social order, world peace’

By Mehmet Ozturk

ANKARA (AA) - While Turkey works to expose the putschist plots of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), other countries that also recognize the FETO terrorist threat have been similarly working to protect their peace, stability, and security.

SPECIAL REPORT

Russia says Taliban trying to strengthen position, not seize power in Afghanistan

By Elena Teslova

MOSCOW (AA) - Russia is concerned over the growing intensity of hostilities in Afghanistan but does not believe the Taliban will try to seize power in the country, said Russia's presidential envoy for Afghanistan.

SPECIAL REPORT

OPINION – Unfounded fears of Israeli plane overflying Malaysian airspace

By Nor Aishah Hanifa

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AA) – An Israeli aircraft flying over Malaysia’s air space in the last week of May created a flutter in the Southeast Asian country, which has been quite vocal on Palestinian rights. Coinciding the Gaza War 2021, social media was ablaze that Israel was planning to target Malaysia for its Palestinian resistance movement Hamas or targeting Hamas followers in Malaysia.