Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive members of U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American-Turkish Council.

ANKARA - Erdogan also to separately accept letters of credentials from new Italian, Chinese, Hungarian, and Iranian ambassadors at presidential complex.

ANKARA - Turkey’s statistical authority, TurkStat, to release animal production statistics for 2018.

ANKARA - Treasury and Finance Ministry to release Treasury cash realizations for January.

UK

LONDON - Following developments on Brexit as Prime Minister Theresa May to visit Brussels to meet EU leaders.

SLOVAKIA

BRATISLAVA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet leaders of Visegrad Four countries --Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, and Hungary -- for talks on EU and regional issues.

VENEZUELA

CARACAS - Monitoring national and international developments amid calls for President Nicolas Maduro to hold new elections.

SYRIA

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

YEMEN

SANAA - Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis and civil war.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - Round of 22 of the 2018-19 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season to begin. Turkey's Anadolu Efes to face Spain's Herbalife Gran Canaria.

SPECIAL REPORT

India: Joint efforts to preserve 16th century mosque

By Riyaz ul Khaliq

ANKARA (AA) – It seemed a normal winter January morning in the coastal city of Ponnani in Kerala, India, with merchants and fishermen going about their business in the market, but one sight stood out: a group of men were using spades to take apart part of a mosque dating back some 500 years.