ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Aug. 14, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.
ANKARA – Following latest developments in Eastern Mediterranean.
ANKARA – Following latest developments in normalization deal reached between United Arab Emirates and Israel.
US
WASHINGTON – Results expected of UN Security Council vote on US resolution to extend Iran arms embargo.
SWITZERLAND
BERN – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold news conference after meeting with his Swiss counterpart Ignazio Cassis.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS – Foreign ministers of EU member states to hold extraordinary meeting via video conference.
BELARUS
MINSK – Monitoring protests against Sunday's election results giving landslide victory to President Alexander Lukashenko.
PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan celebrates Independence Day with limited events due to coronavirus pandemic.
ISLAMABAD – Islamabad to confer pro-freedom Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani with country's highest civilian award 'Nishan-e-Pakistan'.
LEBANON
BEIRUT – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to pay official visit to Lebanon.
LIBYA
TRIPOLI – Following clashes between Libyan army, militias of warlord Khalifa Haftar.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA – Turkish Central Bank to release Balance of Payment Statistics for June.
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release industrial production, retail sales and turnover indices for June.
SPORTS
LISBON – Barcelona to face Bayern Munich in UEFA Champions League quarterfinals.
SPECIAL REPORT
India: Historians recall role of Muslims in freedom struggle
By Cheena Kapoor
NEW DELHI, India (AA) – Celebrating the country’s 74th Independence Day on Aug. 15, under the shadow of recent communal riots in capital Delhi and anti-citizenship law stir, many Indian scholars have called for recalling the role of Muslims during India’s freedom struggle.
SPECIAL REPORT
Ebola lessons secure Africa from COVID-19
By Addis Getachew and Felix Tih
ADDIS ABABA / ANKARA (AA) – Despite poor health infrastructure, the African continent baring few countries has so far fared well in combating the COVID-19 or coronavirus pandemic compared to other continents.
SPECIAL REPORT
India: Civil society, democratic culture feats since independence
By Cheena Kapoor
NEW DELHI, India (AA) – While praising India’s desire to become a $5 trillion economy in the next few years, experts believed that moving away from secularism and traditional pluralistic culture could puncture the country’s grand aspirations.
SPECIAL REPORT
PROFILE – Syed Ali Geelani: Icon of Kashmir resistance
By Nusrat Sidiq and Riyaz ul Khaliq
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir / ANKARA, Turkey (AA) – In recognition of his lifelong struggle for freedom from India, Pakistan on its 74th Independence Day on Friday, awarded veteran Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani Nishan-e-Pakistan – country's highest civilian honor.
SPECIAL REPORT
What's behind Israel allowing West Bank residents to flock to beaches?
By Salam Abu Sharar
RAMALLAH (AA) – It took Palestinian Al-Qassam Budeir, a West Bank resident, some 30 long years to cover a distance of 60 kilometers (37 miles) to see the sea for the first time in his life.
