Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend event on education at presidential complex.

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk to host Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum.

VAN - Monitoring developments in eastern Van province where nine people lost their lives following earthquake in Iran.

LIBYA/RUSSIA/TURKEY

TRIPOLI/MOSCOW/ANKARA - Monitoring developments on diplomatic initiatives carried out to find solution to Libyan crisis following Berlin conference, as well as on cease-fire process.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB/RAQQAH/HASAKAH - Monitoring humanitarian crisis in Idlib and attacks of Assad regime, Iranian-backed terrorist groups, Russia in de-escalation zone.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - 43rd session of UN Human Rights Council to start. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to address 47-member council.

US

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Mark Esper to meet South Korean counterpart Jeong Kyeong-doo at Pentagon.

TUNISIA

TUNIS - Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to arrive in Tunisia on official visit.

PALESTINE

GAZA CITY - Following escalation after Israeli army carried out dozens of airstrikes on different parts of Gaza Strip.

NIGERIA

LAGOS - Following Anti-Corruption in Africa Conference.

CHINA

WUHAN - Following global spread of coronavirus outbreak and efforts to fight it.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release sectoral confidence indices for February.

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to reveal capacity utilization rate of manufacturing industry for February.

SPECIAL REPORT

Al-Bashir’s handover decision to ICC divides Sudanese

By Mohammed Amin

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) - A decision by Sudan's rulers to hand over former President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court (ICC) has drawn mixed reactions in the country.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkish port operator expects 20% rise in cruise passengers in Lisbon

By Tuba Sahin

PORTO, Portugal (AA) - World's leading port operator Global Ports Holding expects a 20% year-on-year rise in cruise passenger numbers in Lisbon this year, high level official of the company told Anadolu Agency.

SPECIAL REPORT

Ugandans show growing trade interest in Turkey: Envoy

By Hassan Isilow

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) - Ugandans are showing a growing interest in trading with Turkey, with many taking the next step to travel to the country and buy merchandise or sell their products, the Turkish Embassy in Kampala said.

SPECIAL REPORT

The Rohingya and their fight for education

By Sorwar Alam and Md. Kamruzzaman

COX'S BAZAR/DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Mohammad Akhter Hossain, a young Rohingya man, was sitting in front of a shanty in a sprawling refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, a district in southern Bangladesh.