Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, June 7, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

MERSIN/HATAY - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to campaign for ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in southern Mersin and Hatay provinces.

ANKARA - Erdogan to attend iftar program for mukhtars -- heads of Turkish villages and neighborhoods -- at Presidential Complex.

KARS - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend AK party campaign rallies in eastern Kars province.

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency's Editors' Desk to host Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul.

ANKARA - Monitoring Turkish Central Bank Monetary Policy Committee meeting.

GERMANY/FRANCE/NETHERLANDS

BERLIN/PARIS - Turks living in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and France to begin casting ballots for June 24 presidential and general elections.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli to attend NATO defense ministers meeting.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to hold annual televised question-and-answer event with citizens.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB / HOMS - Monitoring Syrian civil war.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Following reactions to parliament’s decision to conduct manual recount of May 12 poll results.

JORDAN

AMMAN - Following political developments in Jordan after this week’s abrupt replacement of PM Hani al-Mulki.​

ETHIOPIA

SPECIAL REPORT: Ethiopia: Out of prison, Muslim activist demand reforms

By Seleshi Tessema

ADDIS ABABA - Moving clouds, wet winds, and the sound of the rain had darkened the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.

SPORTS

SPECIAL REPORT : Promising football stars to miss World Cup

By Can Erozden

ANKARA - Many football stars in their twenties have been left out from their countries' World Cup squads even though they contributed to win domestic league titles for their clubs in 2018.