ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, April 4, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - Following latest developments on coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.
ANKARA - Following latest cease-fire agreement for Idlib, northwestern Syria, brokered by Turkey and Russia.
LIBYA / RUSSIA / TURKEY
TRIPOLI / MOSCOW / ANKARA - Monitoring diplomatic initiatives to resolve Libyan crisis.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD - Following efforts by Adnan al-Zurfi to form government.
SPORTS
ANKARA - Following novel coronavirus' impact on sports.
SPECIAL REPORT
NATO commemorates its 71st anniversary
By Davut Demircan and Idris Sulun
ANKARA/ ISTANBUL (AA) - NATO, the world's foremost military alliance, has entered its 71st anniversary with a total number of 30 members on April 4.
SPECIAL REPORT
Tablighi Jamaat: Apolitical religious group under govt pressure over COVID-19
By Shuriah Niazi
NEW DELHI (AA) - A gathering by Tablighi Jamaat, a Muslim missionary in India’s capital Delhi at Nizamuddin Markaz from where close to 100 positive COVID-19 cases emerged, has become an issue of grave concern at a time when the pandemic is claiming the lives of thousands all over the world.
SPECIAL REPORTAid keeps vulnerable Afghanistan afloat amid a crippling pandemic
By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – Much needed slow yet steady flow of aid kept Afghanistan’s fragile health system afloat in the wake of the crippling coronavirus pandemic amid raging insurgency and lingering political tensions.
SPECIAL REPORTTurkish nationalist leader commemorated 23 years on
By Buket GuvenANKARA (AA) - The leader of the nationalist movement in Turkey and a prominent figure in Turkish political history, Alparslan Turkes was on Friday commemorated on the 23rd anniversary of his death.
SPECIAL REPORTWorse is still to come in India
By Prem Shankar JhaNEW DELHI (AA) – It is too late! The coronavirus or COVID-19 horse has bolted and closed the barn doors. Despite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s total lockdown, the number of people testing positive for the virus has risen exponentially during the past week from 200 in three days to more than 400 in a single day.
SPECIAL REPORTLow oil prices drag Middle East economies to collapse
By Ovunc Kutlu and Nuran Erkul KayaANKARA (AA) - The low oil price environment in the global market are dragging the Middle Eastern oil producing countries to collapse, whose economies are strongly dependent on crude oil production and exports.
SPECIAL REPORTFrench sports retailer gives diving masks to caregivers
By Cindi CookPARIS (AA) - In France, even actors in the sports world are doing their part to ease the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
SPECIAL REPORT Daniel Pearl’s key murder suspect in US custody yet to face trial
By Iftikhar GilaniANKARA (AA) - When the U.S. State Department on Friday condemned a Pakistani court’s overturning of the convictions of four suspects in the kidnapping and murder case of Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl, questions loom large as to why the U.S. did not prosecute the “culprit,” who is in their custody since 2003.