Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will receive separately National Intelligence Agency chief Hakan Fidan, Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, Turkish Constitutional Court Chairman Zuhtu Arslan and Yekta Sarac, chairman of Turkey's Higher Education Board (YOK), in Ankara.

ANKARA – PM Binali Yildirim, as well as FM Mevlut Cavusoglu and Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman, will separately receive Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics and Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen in Ankara.

ANKARA – Yildirim will later welcome Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef.

ANKARA - Turkey's Deputy PM Mehmet Simsek will be guest of Anadolu Agency's Editor's Desk.

US

WASHINGTON - Former head of Turkish Military Intelligence Gen. Ismail Hakki Pekin, retired Turkish colonel and military judge Ahmet Zeki Ucok will discuss aftermath of defeated coup.

WASHINGTON - The State Department's number two, Antony Blinken, will testify before a congressional committee on Syrian conflict. ​

ENGLAND

SPECIAL REPORT:

Hungary draws criticism over refugee referendum

By Busra Akın Dincer

LONDON (AA) – The Hungarian government led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been under the spotlight recently over its controversial approach to migration during the last year.

FRANCE

SPECIAL REPORT:

France: End of Rosetta probe promises decades of discoveries

By Hajer M’tiri

PARIS (AA) - Although Europe's spacecraft will disappear Friday on a far-off comet, scientists say its data will be mined for years.

PARIS- French president hosts European Parliament President Martin Schulz.

BURUNDI

SPECIAL REPORT:

Burundian students seek schools in Rwanda

By Yvan Rukundo

BUJUMBURA (AA) - Thousands of Burundian students have begun the academic year in Rwanda or Uganda.

SIERRA LEONE

SPECIAL REPORT:

Sierra Leone fish now as precious 'as diamonds'

By Alpha Kamara

DAKAR (AA) - Sierra Leone lifts short-lived ban on fish exports, leaving people puzzled whether the move has made any difference.​

PALESTINE

SPECIAL REPORT :

Palestinians boycott Facebook amid censorship charges

By Anees Barghouti

RAMALLAH (AA) – Palestinian activists launch campaign after Facebook blocks several Palestinian accounts and deletes numerous posts for alleged ‘incitement’. ​

THAILAND

BANGKOK – Political party ousted by 2014 coup releases statement accusing junta of tampering with judicial cases against party leadership.

KOREAS

SEOUL – South Korean military says North Korean soldier defects by crossing heavily guarded border in daylight.

VIETNAM

HANOI – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte continues official visit to Vietnam, where his comments about upcoming war games with U.S. being the “last” have already caused stir.