Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday, April 4, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - First migrants returned to Turkey under EU deal to halt flow of refugees to Europe.

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopulos, chair separate security summit.

ISTANBUL - Association of mobile phone service providers to meet less than week after 4.5G network rolled out.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Syrian-Turkish marriages fueling social change

By Fatma Bulbul

ISTANBUL (AA) - Almost 3,600 Syrian women married Turkish citizens last year, leading to new reflections on how this will change Turkey.

EUROPE

GERMANY

BERLIN - European Parliament President Martin Schulz to address asylum/migration conference.

BERLIN - Germany due to take in around 40 Syrian refugees from Turkey under refugee deal.

MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA

PALESTINE

SPECIAL REPORT:

Israeli bullet direct cause of Palestinian death

By Anees Barghouthy

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) - Justice Minister Ali Abu Diak told Anadolu Agency that autopsy results indicated that Abdul Fatah Al-Sharif was killed by a bullet to the head fired by an Israeli soldier.

YEMEN

SANAA - President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi announces government reshuffle.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Junta chief orders investigation into Thai New Year red plastic bowls bearing wish from former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

MYANMAR

YANGON - New President Htin Kyaw to reveal nominees to replace two of four ministerial posts given up by Aung San Suu Kyi.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - UN’s Seoul office begins investigation of alleged North Korean rights abuses.