Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, July 25, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad with official ceremony at Presidential Complex, ahead of joint press conference.

ANKARA - Central Bank of Turkey to hold 5th Monetary Policy Committee Meeting of this year to determine interest rates.

ANKARA - Central Bank to release capacity utilization rate of manufacturing industry figures for July.

ANKARA - Turkey’s statistical authority TurkStat to release sectoral confidence indices for July.

ANKARA - TurkStat to release print media statistics for 2018.

SPAIN

MADRID - Following second vote of confidence in parliament for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

YEMEN

SANAA - Following situation after renewed clashes in strategic port city of Hudaydah.

PALESTINE

JERUSALEM - Monitoring tension over Israeli move to tear down dozens of homes in East Jerusalem.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI- Following fierce battles between Tripoli-based Government of National Accord forces and Haftar’s forces in vicinity of Tripoli.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - Monitoring further developments on North Korean projectiles.

SPORTS

MALATYA, Turkey - Turkish football club Yeni Malatyaspor to host Slovenia’s Olimpija Ljubljana in UEFA Europa League second qualifying round's first leg match.

SPECIAL REPORTS

Turkey's activities in E.Med within law: Academics

By Gozde Bayar

ANKARA (AA) - The Greek Cypriot administration’s exploration for hydrocarbon reserves in the Eastern Mediterranean has been receiving a great deal of attention in the region.

SPECIAL REPORT

Dengue reaches 'epidemic proportions' in Bangladesh

By Md. Kamruzzaman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Mohammad Abdullah, who works at a private hospital in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, has been suffering from dengue fever since July 16. His younger brother and mother have also caught the fever. All are now hospitalized.

SPECIAL REPORT

Zero-dollar tourism surges in Myanmar

By Kyaw Ye Lynn

YANGON, Myanmar (AA) - Tourist arrivals in Myanmar are on the rise despite international condemnation of its military’s systematic campaign of violence against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority.

SPECIAL REPORT

Racist rhetoric could play against Trump’s campaign

By Francisco Seminario

WASHINGTON (AA) - U.S. President Donald Trump has dug into his re-election campaign with the hook of racial discrimination, with the undeclared aim of capturing and mobilizing the white and more reactionary base of Republican voters. Judging by their initial response, he has succeeded.