Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to release foreign trade figures for June and tourism statistics for second quarter of year.

ANKARA - Culture and Tourism Ministry to announce number of arriving and departing foreigners and citizens for June.

ANKARA - Central Bank Governor Murat Uysal to release Inflation Report.

US

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump to welcome Mongolian counterpart Khaltmaagiin Battulga to White House.

LUXEMBOURG

LUXEMBOURG - European Statistical Office (Eurostat) to release bloc's unemployment statistics for June.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - Following fallout after North Korea fired yet another missile in less than a week.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPORTS

MUNICH - Audi Cup 2019 final to be held between German football club Bayern Munich and England’s Tottenham. Meanwhile Turkey’s Fenerbahce to face Spanish team Real Madrid in third-place playoff.

ISTANBUL - Turkish basketball Super Lig fixtures for 2019-20 season to be drawn.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey’s IHH plans to aid 3M needy on Eid al-Adha

By Nilay Kar Onum

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) is planning to distribute aid to 3 million needy people worldwide during Eid al-Adha, a major Muslim holiday, according to an official from the group.

SPECIAL REPORT

Brexit casts shadow over Kashmir settlement model

By Iftikhar Gilani

ANKARA (AA) - Soon after taking office, new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson threw down the gauntlet, calling for total abolition of the Irish border backstop, which would effectively reverse the commitments of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that paved the way for resolution of the Northern Ireland issue and 700-year British-Irish conflict.

SPECIAL REPORT

Bangladesh: Spread of dengue virus reaching new heights

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - The spread of the dengue virus in Bangladesh has hit new highs, according to officials, with cases of the disease seen in all but three of the country's 64 districts.