Diary

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

TURKEY

ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address parliament at opening of new legislative year.

ANKARA – Following COVID-19 normalization process in Turkey, virus variants, worldwide pandemic situation.

ITALY

MILAN – Turkey's Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum to hold bilateral talks with COP26 President Alok Sharma as part of ministerial meeting ahead of COP26 climate change conference.

GERMANY

BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Libya's Presidential Council head Mohamed al-Menfi for talks on bilateral relations, regional issues.

US

NEW YORK – Kenya to take over rotating presidency of UN Security Council for October.

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL – Monitoring situation in Afghanistan after Taliban's formation of interim government.

GUINEA

CONAKRY – Mamady Doumbouya, special forces colonel who led military coup in Guinea last month, to be sworn in as interim president.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA – Trade Minister Mehmet Mus to announce export figures for September.

LUXEMBURG – Eurostat to announce consumer price index for September.

WASHINGTON – US Bureau of Economic Analysis to announce personal income and spending data.

SPECIAL REPORT

Karachi's Turk Masjid, a connection between Pakistan, Turkey

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Standing in the middle of a bustling street in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, Turk Mosque offers a fine blend of Turkish and Mughal architecture to the onlookers.

SPECIAL REPORT

Older people remain marginalized in financial, health coverage in Bangladesh

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Giasuddin Patwary, 66, moved to the capital Dhaka a couple of years ago, failing to manage employment in his village in Mehendiganj of south-central Barisal district.

SPECIAL REPORT

OPINION - Kashmir dispute: Challenge to world conscience

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai

LONDON (AA) – Reasons for the conflict over Kashmir are argued among contenders on several points, more often than not to serve globalist interests rather than the fundamental needs or desires of the Kashmiris themselves. Why, after 74 years, the problem continues to fester is the challenge for those who talk of peace, stability, and democratic rights in the region of South Asia.

SPECIAL REPORT

China's crypto ban aims to eliminate competition with digital yuan: Expert

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) – China's latest regulations on cryptocurrencies aim to eliminate competition with Beijing's new digital currency, the digital yuan, an expert told Anadolu Agency.

SPECIAL REPORT

Hope sparks in Iran to settle water dispute with Afghanistan

By Syed Zafar Mehdi

TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – As the new Taliban administration, unlike the first tenure, is holding olive branches to neighbors, a glimmer of hope has ignited in Iran to settle a longstanding water dispute with Afghanistan.

SPECIAL REPORT

Zimbabwean musicians feel impact of COVID-19 restrictions

By John Cassim

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) – The COVID-19 related lockdown and its economic fallout has hit musicians in Zimbabwe hard, to the extent that some of them are leaving their profession.

SPECIAL REPORT

Idea of 'East African federation' fails to take off

By Godfrey Olukya

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Although the idea of creating an East African federation is not new, countries in the region have not been doing enough to make it possible.