ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.
ANKARA – Following cease-fire agreement for Idlib, northwestern Syria, along Turkey's southern border, reached by Turkey, Russia.
LIBYA
TRIPOLI – Following clashes between Libyan army, militias of warlord Khalifa Haftar.
SPECIAL REPORT
Doctors plight mounting in Bangladesh amid pandemic
By SM Najmus Sakib
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The misery of doctors and frontline workers in the war against the novel coronavirus is surging in Bangladesh with at least 84 physicians killed.
SPECIAL REPORT
Pakistan: Teen suicides trigger debate on online gaming
By Kiran Butt
LAHORE, Pakistan (AA) – Saad, 18, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his residence in southwestern Pakistan earlier this month.
SPECIAL REPORT
Ethiopia makes progress on embattled reform: Official
By Seleshi Tessema
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – Despite daunting challenges, the multi-faceted Ethiopian reform is destined to succeed in building a unified, a multi-cultural democratic society that would boost the country's global reputation, a top official said.
SPECIAL REPORT
Atomic weapons more powerful 75 years after Hiroshima
By Peter Kenny
GENEVA (AA) – The explosive yield — the amount of energy released when a nuclear weapon detonates — has grown exponentially since 1945 when bombs flattened the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
SPECIAL REPORT
Kashmir police: No major law and order event in last year
By Ahmad Adil
NEW DELHI (AA) – The security situation in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir has improved in the last year and there has been no major law and order situations in any area, according to Kashmir’s police chief.
SPECIAL REPORT
'Annexation of Kashmir realizes one nation, one constitution goal'
By Cheena Kapoor
NEW DELHI (AA) – Top leader of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that annexation of Jammu and Kashmir last year has removed a notion that it was a separate entity.
SPECIAL REPORT
'People seething with anger against Kashmir annexation move'
By Hilal Mir
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Describing Aug. 5, when India annexed Jammu and Kashmir region, a day of “betrayal” and “blackest day”, a pro-India Kashmiri politician said people were seething with anger against the move.
