Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Sunday July 17, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA (AA) - Calm returns after defeat of failed coup, arrest of participants.

JAPAN

SPECIAL REPORT: Japanese emperor prepared to abdicate

By Todd Crowell

TOKYO (AA) - Japanese Emperor Akihito has expressed willingness to lay down his burdens and retire but a law that only envisions a monarch’s abdication at death may be an obstacle to the 82-year-old relinquishing the throne.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Aung San Suu Kyi, leaders of ethnic rebel groups who did not sign last year’s cease-fire set to meet in Yangon in bid to end world’s longest-running civil war.