Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday July 18, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkish PM Binali Yildirim will preside Turkish cabinet in Ankara.

ANKARA - Developments after failed coup attempt will be covered and reactions in Turkey and abroad will be monitored.

GREECE

ATHENS – EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici meets Greek PM Alexis Tsipras in Athens, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and will make speech at parliament.

ATHENS - Procedures continue regarding extradition of 8 Turkish military officers that landed with a helicopter at Alexandroupolis Airport in aftermath of failed coup attempt. They are to appear before asylum agency.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - US Secretary of State John Kerry visits UK.

LONDON - British Parliament to vote on renewal of Trident nuclear weapon system.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - Republican National Convention kicks off in Cleveland, Ohio.

SOUTH AFRICA

DURBAN - International AIDS Conference kick s off in Durban with an estimated 18,000 people expected to attend weeklong event.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL – South Korean 'professional' protesters under fire over THAAD opposition, as Seoul remains wary of another North Korean nuclear test.

CHINA

BEIJING – 3 Chinese officials sacked over ‘inadequate responses’ to tropical storm that left at least 83 people dead in eastern Fujian Province, where 19 others remain missing.