Press agenda on August 09

Here are the main topics World Bulletin’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018

Press agenda on August 09

World Bulletin / News Desk

 

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to separately receive Hakan Fidan, head of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), and Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim at the presidential complex.

ANKARA/WASHINGTON - Desk to follow developments after U.S. Treasury Department imposes sanctions on two Turkish ministers.

 

U.K.

LONDON - Developments regarding Islamophobic remarks by former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to be followed as pressure builds up on the Conservative Party to take disciplinary action.

 

RUSSIA

MOSCOW -  Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold a news conference.

 

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB/HOMS - Desk to monitor Syrian civil war. 

 

PALESTINE

JERUSALEM/GAZA CITY - Following reports of imminent ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel.

 

MAURITANIA

NOUAKCHOTT - Following developments in run-up to Mauritanian parliamentary polls slated for Sept. 1.

 

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