Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, August 4, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend consultation meeting with heads of Turkish commerce.

ANKARA – EU Minister Omer Celik, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu to separately meet Secretary-General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland.

ANKARA – Ongoing developments following the failed coup of July 15.

SPECIAL REPORT: Dominican Republic: Rio2016: Russia, U.S. top contenders in gymnastics

By Senabri Silvestre

SANTO DOMINGO, Dom. Rep. (AA) – Individual battles will be showcased in Rio but the gymnastics competition promises to be a fierce fight between the superpowers of the sport.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Barack Obama holds National Security Council meeting on counter-Daesh campaign.

SPECIAL REPORT: Ethiopia: Nile mega dam almost ready but faces Egyptian skeptics

By Addis Getachew

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – As a huge dam on the River Nile in Ethiopia nears completion Anadolu Agency has spoken to engineers and journalists who claim fellow Nile state Egypt remains suspicious of the multibillion-dollar project.

MYANMAR

YANGON – Government taking action against 'illegal' mosque builders.

JAPAN

TOKYO – Appointment of controversial female nationalist as defense minister may raise neighbor’s ire.

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH – PM slammed for lawsuit against opposition leader.