Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday, May 2, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Council of Ministers chaired by President Erdogan will convene.

EUROPE

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA – U.S. Secretary of State Kerry to discuss efforts towards restoring cessation of hostilities in Syria.

SOUTH ASIA

INDIA

NEW DELHI – Authorities in India’s northern Uttarakhand State fight to extinguish forest fire that has already destroyed hundreds of hectares of land.​

SOUTHEAST ASIA & PACIFIC

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Thai junta suspends peace talks with southern insurgents.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA - Negotiators turn their hand to release of four further hostages, day after Philippines' Daesh linked-group released 10 Indonesian sailors abducted from boat in late March.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Victims of April ferry sinking not 'ethnic Rohingya' as U.S. embassy, media and aid groups have claimed, but 'ethnic kamar' - leaving Muslim community angry that more people do not recognize differences from Rohingya.