Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, May 4, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend opening ceremonies of Istanbul's historic Nusretiye Mosque and Spice Bazaar after restoration works.

ISTANBUL - Erdogan to also attend Istanbul Youth Festival.

ANKARA - Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu to announce candidate for upcoming presidential election.

ANKARA – Anadolu Agency Editors Desk to host Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communication Minister Ahmet Arslan.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Photographer recounts moment he took winning image

By Handan Kazanci

ISTANBUL - When photojournalist Damir Sagolj shot the winning image of this year’s Istanbul Photo Awards at a Bangladesh refugee camp, he knew it was special.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Turkish Van cats not only get 9 lives, but also pools

By Mesut Varol

VAN - Some cats in Turkey not only get to live their nine lives, but now they will also get to swim in their own specially-designed pools in summertime.

SYRIA

IDLIB/AZAZ/AFRIN - Monitoring Operation Olive Branch against YPG/PKK-Daesh terror groups.

GERMANY

SPECIAL REPORT:

World slammed for ‘doing nothing’ over Rohingya issue

By Ayhan Simsek

COLOGNE - Malaysia’s former foreign minister has slammed world powers for failing to stop Myanmar regime’s continued “ethnic cleansing policies” against Rohingya Muslims.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Local elections' results in England to be revealed after completion of vote count.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - World Health Organization Director of Emergency Operations Richard Brennan to update reporters on humanitarian crisis hitting Rohingya in and around Cox’s Bazar.

ETHIOPIA

SPECIAL REPORT:

Ethiopia: Overfishing threatens aquaculture

By Addis Getachew

ADDIS ABABA - Very early in the morning, along the banks of Lake Hawassa in southern Ethiopia, pelicans swarm an enclosed area with their uniquely majestic poise, some hovering low, others walking beside pedestrians as if they have a common purpose: fish.