Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Friday, Aug. 26, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman to attend opening ceremony of Istanbul’s third bridge Yavuz Sultan Selim.

ISTANBUL – Erdogan will also meet Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov separately in Istanbul.

FRANCE

PARIS- France’s highest administrative court -- Council of State -- rules on challenge of 'burkini' ban.

ITALY

ROME - Rescue efforts continue after Wednesday's earthquake.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG – State prosecutors will appeal Oscar Pistorius’s 6-year jail sentence for murder of girlfriend.

ZIMBABWE

HARARE – Opposition parties call for massive demonstration, demand resignation of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairwoman.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Junta-affiliated former ruling party says will keep close watch on former UN head-chaired advisory committee set up to resolve conflicts between Muslims and Buddhists in Rakhine State, accusing it of neglecting national interests for the sake of human rights.

KOREAS

SEOUL - Vice chairman of country’s fifth-largest conglomerate found dead in apparent suicide while waiting summons over corruption allegations involving Lotte group.

VIETNAM

HANOI - 2 dead after military jet crashes in southern central area of country.