Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Tuesday July 19, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – PM Binali Yildirim to meet opposition party leaders separately at Cankaya Palace and then chair Justice and Development (AK) Party group meeting at parliament.

He will also hold joint news conference with Georgian counterpart Giorgi Kvirikashvili.

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

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Reactions to the failed coup attempt in Turkey.

LONDON - UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will host Foreign Ministerial meeting to resolve the Syria Crisis; US Foreign Secretary John Kerry is expected to attend.

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK - IMF to release its update on World Economic Outlook.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL – South Korean military says North Korea launched three ballistic missiles into open water, marking latest in series of provocations ignoring UN resolutions.

INDONESIA

TUBAN – Security forces to verify whether country’s most wanted man Abu Wardah Santoso, who has pledged allegiance to Daesh, is among two militants killed in shootout in jungles of central Sulawesi island.

MYANMAR

YANGON – Thousands pay tribute during 69th Martyrs’ Day, commemorating founding father General Aung San, seven other leaders and a bodyguard -- two of them Muslims -- assassinated a year before Myanmar’s independence in 1948.