ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak in Turkey and worldwide.
ANKARA – Following latest cease-fire agreement for Idlib, northwestern Syria, along Turkey's southern border, reached by Turkey and Russia.
LIBYA
TRIPOLI – Following clashes between Libyan army and militias of warlord Khalifa Haftar.
US
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump to deliver remarks while signing Great American Outdoors Act.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to announce inflation figures for July.
ANKARA – Trade Ministry to release foreign trade figures for July.
SPECIAL REPORT
Pakistan 'set to revamp' Kapoor Haveli
By Kiran Butt and Cheena Kapoor
PESHAWAR, Pakistan / NEW DELHI, India (AA) – Widely known as the city of flowers, Peshawar, the provincial capital of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, was once home to many legends of the Indian cinema.
SPECIAL REPORT
Tanzania’s accidental mining millionaire twice blessed
By Kizito Makoye
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AA) – A small-scale artisanal miner in Tanzania who became an overnight millionaire in June after his mining firm found two rough Tanzanite gemstones worth $3.4 million and believed to be the world’s largest has discovered yet another giant violet-blue stone weighing 6.3 kilograms (13.8 pounds).
SPECIAL REPORT
‘India’s Kashmir act aims to disempower, exclude local population’
By Hilal Mir
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – A constitutional change, which needs deployment of tens of thousands of additional soldiers and shoved down the throats of the people for the past year, has no moral validity, said Kashmir’s top human rights defender.
SPECIAL REPORT
Kashmir issue: Ladakh leaders demand shield form demographic changes
By Hilal Mir
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – The remote Himalayan region of Ladakh, bordering Pakistan and China, which was sliced out from the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir last year on Aug. 5, is still coming to terms with its new identity as a separate centrally administered territory.
SPECIAL REPORT
Jammu and Kashmir 'betrayed' amid special status loss
By Nusrat Sidiq
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – The unilateral and illegal decision to revoke Article 370 by India which scrapped autonomous status of the state increased isolation and betrayal amongst residents in Jammu and Kashmir.
SPECIAL REPORT
India’s Ayodhya city ready for building grand Ram Temple
By Ahmad Adil
NEW DELHI, India (AA) – All is set for the groundbreaking ceremony of the “grand” Ram Temple at the site of the demolished historic Babri Mosque in the northern Indian city of Ayodhya on Wednesday.
SPECIAL REPORT
Pakistan hails Turkish proposal on Kashmir, says envoy
By Sorwar Alam
ANKARA (AA) – Pakistan has appreciated the Turkish proposal to settle the issue of Kashmir that involved de-escalation, meaningful dialogue, adherence to international law, and offering its office for mediation.
