Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Sunday, April 10, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend opening ceremony of Vodafone Arena, the redeveloped stadium of Istanbul football club, Besiktas.

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA

YEMEN

SANAA – Ceasefire between Saudi-led coalition and Iran-backed Houthi rebels begins.

SOUTH ASIA & PACIFIC

PHILIPPINES

ZAMBOANGA – Military confirms 18 soldiers killed and 53 others injured in 10-hour battle with Daesh-linked militants that left five Abu Sayyaf members dead and 20 more wounded.

JAPAN

TOKYO – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry set to become highest-ranking American to visit Hiroshima on Monday when he leads foreign ministers in laying flowers at cenotaph honoring 140,000 people killed in 1945 atomic bombing.

THAILAND

BANGKOK – Concerns mount as Thailand struck by worst drought in 20 years.