Diary

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, June 24, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

Reminding the sea-cleaning campaign, launched by Turkey to save the Sea of Marmara, the head of the Marmara Municipalities Union said the country deals with mucilage issue in a transparent and participatory way.

Straddling the edge of the Arabian Sea, Lyari, a small shantytown south of Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi, has long been a poster child for gang wars and drug trafficking.

To push back the advancing Taliban, the Afghan government has turned to the local armed militias at grassroots levels with tainted past of rights abuses.

The number of daily new COVID-19 cases has more than tripled in recent weeks in many parts of Africa due to the emergence of the Delta variant first detected in India, though some infectious disease experts say the situation will not go out of hand. -