President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair his Justice and Development (AK) Party’s Central Executive Board (MYK) meeting at party headquarters. Erdogan also due to meet with senior executives of US-based companies via videoconference.
ANKARA – Following gradual normalization process with declining COVID-19 cases in Turkey, as well as pandemic situation worldwide.
ANKARA – Health Minister Fahrettin Koca to chair Coronavirus Scientific Committee meeting via video link.
BANGLADESH
DHAKA – Volkan Bozkir, president of the United Nations General Assembly, to meet with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
RUSSIA
SOCHI – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with his Yemeni counterpart Mohammed al-Hadhrami.
MOSCOW – Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold weekly news conference.
PALESTINE
JERUSALEM – Following aftermath of cease-fire agreement between Israel, Hamas.
MALI
BAMAKO – Following developments after Malian military arrests interim president, prime minister.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA – European Automobile Manufacturers Association to share newly registered commercial vehicles data for April.
ANKARA – Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank to attend “Introduction Meeting of Reports on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Fragile Sectors” via video conference.
SPECIAL REPORT
US completes up to 25% of troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
By Shadi Khan Saif
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – As violence continues to surge across Afghanistan, the US has completed nearly 25% of the exit process in terms of troop withdrawal, handing over or destroying its equipment in the war-ravaged country.
SPECIAL REPORT
UN Human Rights Council expected to fulfill its mandate to protect rights of Palestinians’
By Riyaz ul Khaliq
ANKARA (AA) – The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is set to hold a special session Thursday to discuss the “grave human rights situation” in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem.
SPECIAL REPORT
Blockades in Colombia jeopardize country’s food security
By Laura Gamba
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – Nearly a month of anti-government protests and road blockades have taken a huge toll on Colombia’s economy.
Source: Anadolu Agency