Diary

ANKARA (AA) — Here are the main topics Anadolu's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

UAE

ABU DHABI - As part of 3-nation Gulf tour, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet with his Emirati counterpart Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to discuss bilateral ties, regional issues.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to meet Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

BRUSSELS - EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilization and Association Council meeting to take place in Brussels.

THE NETHERLANDS

THE HAGUE - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) to hold two days of public hearings in the case brought by Canada and the Netherlands against Syria.

UK

LONDON – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to respond to lawmakers’ questions at the House of Commons.

LONDON - Conservative Party to announce its candidate for next year's London mayoral election.

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Monitoring second round of parliament voting to elect nation's 30th prime minister.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - Monitoring developments after North Korea fired 2 short-range ballistic missiles, a day after a US national crossed into North Korea through Demilitarized Zone from the southern side of the border.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to convene meeting to discuss new actions to increase competition, lower prices and help small businesses.

WASHINGTON - Israeli President Isaac Herzog to address joint session of Congress. Herzog will also meet with Vice President Kamala Harris at White House.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken to meet with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit at State Department.

NEW YORK - UN General Assembly to hold debate on last week's veto of resolution on cross-border aid to Syria in Security Council.

SAUDI ARABIA ​​​​​​​

JEDDAH - Saudi Jeddah city hosts Gulf-Central Asian summit to discuss strengthening cooperation between the two sides. The summit is preceded by a consultative meeting between the leaders of the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

ECONOMY

LUXEMBOURG - Eurostat to share inflation figures for June.

SPORTS

SAINT-GERVAIS MONT-BLANC, France - Tour de France to resume with Stage 17.

SPECIAL REPORT

UK hopes Türkiye can bring Russia back to table on grain deal: Foreign secretary

By Betul Yuruk

NEW YORK (AA) - The top British diplomat expressed hope that Türkiye can bring Russia back to the table to resume the Black Sea grain deal after Moscow withdrew from the agreement that allowed Ukraine to export tens of millions of tons of grains over the past year.

Why is Iran’s ‘morality police’ back on the streets?

By Syed Zafar Mehdi

TEHRAN, Iran (AA) - Almost 10 months after an Iranian woman died while in police custody, triggering countrywide protests and leading to the easing of mandatory hijab rules, the ‘morality police’ patrols are back.