Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Saturday July 16, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA (AA) – Developments after a failed coup attempt will be covered.

ANKARA (AA) – Turkish parliament will gather for an extraordinary meeting called by Speaker Ismail Kahraman in the capital Ankara (14.00)

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will hold a press meeting about the FETO terrorist organization’s coup attempt in Ankara.

ANKARA (AA) – Representatives of non-governmental organizations will gather in Ankara in support of the Turkish parliament (13.00)

UNITED STATES

SPECIAL REPORT

US Muslims, blacks exposed to double standards of justice

By Kasim Ileri

WASHINGTON (AA) – As protests denouncing police brutality continue across the U.S., American Muslims have drawn a correlation between the way they are often demonized and how blacks are brutalized by police. Long before a driver drove a truck into revelers in France, killing scores, the Muslims on this side of the Atlantic say they have been held to a different standard.

JAPAN

SPECIAL REPORT

All quiet in disputed South China Sea

By Todd Crowell

TOKYO – Beijing’s reaction against The Hague ruling in favor of Manila has been limited to verbal salvoes, with foreign ministry warning China could still “make a decisive response” in event of actions deemed to undermine its security

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – Indonesian foreign ministry calls for principles of democracy to be upheld after coup attempt in Turkey, while Malaysian opposition pact describes move as “a blatant disregard for the democratic process” that “totally undermines the will of the Turkish people”

CHINA

BEIJING – Investigative team says landslide that killed 73 in southern Shenzhen was result of improper storage of construction waste and lack of drainage system