Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkey’s statistical authority (TurkStat) to release population figures for 2018.

ANKARA - Turkey’s Ministry of Trade to release preliminary foreign trade figures for January.

ANKARA - IHS Markit, London-based global data company, to release Eurozone manufacturing PMI for January.

ISTANBUL - Istanbul Chamber of Industry to release Turkey’s manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for January

ROMANIA

BUCHAREST - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend informal meeting of foreign ministers of EU member states and candidate countries. Cavusoglu due to hold talks on sidelines of meeting and to attend Turkey-Ukraine Joint Strategic Planning Group (OSPG) meeting in Ukrainian city of Odessa.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for talks on bilateral relations, regional issues.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expected to announce US withdrawal from Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) arms control treaty with Russia.

WASHINGTON - Monitoring developments after President Donald Trump's announcement of withdrawal from Syria.

VENEZUELA

CARACAS - Monitoring developments on opposition-held demonstrations in different parts of capital Caracas.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of US decision to withdraw its troops.

YEMEN

SANAA - Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war.

NIGERIA

LAGOS - Various Muslim bodies to address news briefings to highlight their fight to stop discrimination against their girl-children who wear hijab to school.

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to answers questions of lawmakers.

SPORTS

ABU DHABI - Qatar to face Japan in AFC Asian Cup 2019 final.

ISTANBUL - The Round of 21 of 2018-19 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season to continue. Turkey's Anadolu Efes to face Greece's Panathinaikos while Turkey's Darussafaka Tekfen to play against Spain's Real Madrid.

SPECIAL REPORT

NFL: Super Bowl casts veteran versus youth for title

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA - The New England Patriots will face the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII on Sunday at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia with a chance to win the team’s sixth title in franchise history.

SPECIAL REPORT

India: Citizenship law amendment triggers protests

By Ahmad Adil

CHANDIGARH, India (AA) - A controversial bill dealing with citizen and residency rights has triggered mass protests in northeastern India.

SPECIAL REPORT

Breaking stereotypes, World Hijab Day being marked

By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet

ANKARA - World Hijab Day, initiated in 2013 to encourage women of all religions and backgrounds to wear the hijab in support of Muslim women on Feb. 1, is being marked on Friday.