ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, July 23, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - Turkey’s Vice President Fuat Oktay to attend Turkey-Uzbekistan Business Forum, meet Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Elyor Ganiyev, and later chair meeting of Turkey-Uzbekistan Mixed Economic Commission
ANKARA - Turkey’s statistical authority TurkStat to release consumer confidence index for July
ANKARA - TurkStat to release international migration statistics for 2018
U.S.
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump to meet with Republican senators on Turkey’s S-400 purchase
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan
WASHINGTON - United States Institute of Peace (USIP) to hold discussion with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan
UK
LONDON - New leader of leading Conservative Party and UK's new prime minister will be announced
SPAIN
MADRID - Following first vote of confidence for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war
PALESTINE
JERUSALEM- Monitoring situation after Israeli move to tear down dozens of homes in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM - Following developments in case of Anadolu Agency photographer Mustafa Kharouf after Jordan denied him entry upon deportation by Israel
ALGERIA
ALGIERS - Student demonstrations to be staged calling for departure of Bouteflika-era officials
LEBANON
BEIRUT- Minister of Labor Camille Abousleiman to meet with Palestinian trade unions to discuss controversial labor law
LIBYA
TRIPOLI - Tripoli-based Government of National Accord forces increase reinforcements amid reports on Haftar’s imminent offensive
SUDAN
KHARTOUM- Following the ongoing talks between opposition bloc and armed groups
INDONESIA
JAKARTA - Turkey’s Family, Labor and Social Services Minister Zehra Zumrut Selcuk to attend National Children’s Day activities
JAKARTA – Selcuk also to attend signing ceremony of memorandum of understanding between Turkey and Indonesia on empowering women and protecting children
NAMIBIA
WINDHOEK – Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca to attend first meeting of Turkey-Namibia Mixed Trade and Economic Committee
SPECIAL REPORT
Ethiopia: Push for new ethnic state may expose constitutional deficiencies
By Addis Getachew
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - On the verge of becoming the tenth state in federal Ethiopia, 10 ethnic groups in the Southern Ethiopian Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Regional State (SNNPRS) continue on their controversial push.