ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, May 24, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet with Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda, later hold joint news conference.
ANKARA - Following gradual normalization process with declining COVID-19 cases in Turkey, as well as pandemic situation worldwide.
US
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to be briefed on Atlantic hurricane outlook and preparedness efforts at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters.
NEW YORK - UN Envoy on Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener to hold virtual news conference.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to meet with Kyrgyz counterpart Sadyr Japarov.
MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - EU leaders to meet at in-person summit.
PALESTINE
JERUSALEM - Following aftermath of cease-fire agreement between Israel, Hamas.
MYANMAR
YANGON - Monitoring developments in Myanmar after Feb. 1 military coup triggered violent protests, violent crackdown.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA - Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry to announce number of arriving, departing foreigners for April.
SPECIAL REPORT
Confusion as Bangladesh drops ‘except Israel’ from new passports
By Md. Kamruzzaman
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Bangladeshi passports will no longer bear the text “valid for all countries of the world except Israel,” officials confirmed on Sunday.
SPECIAL REPORT
ANALYSIS: Disturbing demographic profile of Jerusalem has security costs
By Iftikhar Gilani
ANKARA (AA) - While Israel’s recent bombing of Gaza may have taken the spotlight off the eviction of Palestinian families from Jerusalem, its bid to engineer demographic changes and attempts to control the Al-Aqsa compound in the holy city are loaded with far greater consequences for the security of the region.