Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to separately accept letters of credentials from new Indonesian, Philippine, Iraqi, and Malian ambassadors at presidential complex.

ANKARA - Erdogan also to hold face-to-face meeting with Turkish Cypriot Prime Minister Ersin Tatar.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to announce Consumer Confidence Index for August.

ANKARA - Central Bank to release International Investment Position for June and the second quarter.

ANKARA - Industry and Science Ministry to release Patent and Trademark statistics for July.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Turkey's Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank to meet with German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier and attend Germany-Turkey Artificial Intelligence Conference.

NETHERLANDS

THE HAGUE - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to chair joint cabinet meeting focusing on climate change.

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

SARAJEVO - Award Ceremony for 25th Sarajevo Film Festival.

UK

LONDON - Premier Boris Johnson to meet French President Emmanuel Macron.

ITALY

ROME - Following developments in wake of prime minister’s resignation.

RUSSIA

PYATIGORSK - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold news conference.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPECIAL REPORT

Aden clashes highlight discord within Saudi coalition

By Ihsan Faqih

ISTANBUL (AA) - Aug. 10 marks a milestone in the Yemeni war in terms of the repercussions for the unity of Yemeni soil and the future of the Saudi-led Arab coalition.

SPECIAL REPORT

Indonesia's beauty dazzles Turkish blogger

By Pizaro Gozali Idrus

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AA) - A Turkish blogger was surprised to see the enthusiasm with which local people embrace nearly five centuries of brotherly ties between Turkey and Aceh, Indonesia's westernmost province.