ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to join opening session of Turkey-Africa Economic and Business Forum via video link.
ANKARA – Following latest developments in Eastern Mediterranean.
ANKARA – Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.
SLOVAKIA
BRATISLAVA – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend Bratislava Global Security Forum.
TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS
LEFKOSA – Coastline of abandoned town of Maras in Gazimagusa city to reopen for public use.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Health Minister Jens Spahn to hold news conference on latests developments, figures in coronavirus outbreak.
KYRGYZSTAN
BISHKEK – Following developments after protesters occupied presidential palace and parliament building in capital amid vote-rigging claims.
AZERBAIJAN
BAKU – Following developments after Armenian army violated cease-fire, launching cross-border attacks on several Azerbaijani cities.
LIBYA
TRIPOLI – Following clashes between Libyan army, militias of warlord Khalifa Haftar.
THE ECONOMY
ISTANBUL – Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to attend Turkey-Africa Economic and Business Forum held by Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey.
SPORTS
ISTANBUL – Anadolu Efes to face Fenerbahce Beko in Turkish derby in second round of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.
SPECIAL REPORT
OPINION – UN and neglected conflict of Kashmir
By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai
WASHINGTON (AA) – The principle of “right to self-determination” and its applicability to the 72-year-old Kashmir conflict needs to be considered during the 75th session of the Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly that is taking place between Oct. 8 to Nov. 10, 2020, at its headquarters in New York.
SPECIAL REPORT
Egypt: ‘Execution of political convicts message to protesters’
By Zehra Nur Duz
ANKARA (AA) – As protests continue to spiral up in Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi administration’s move to execute 15 political detainees over the weekend was aimed at instilling fear and diverting attention, believe political analysts.
SPECIAL REPORT
Mozambique reeling under insurgency, insecurity
By James Tasamba
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – An armed insurgency with its origins in the wider socio-economic and political disparity has kept the southern African nation Mozambique smoldering since 2017.
SPECIAL REPORT
Bangladesh may mull death penalty for rapists
By SM Najmus Sakib
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s government should consider amending law to ensure death penalty for the rapists, an official said, as nationwide protests erupted against recent incidents of sexual assault, an official said.
SPECIAL REPORT
Indonesia guarded on timetable for potent COVID-19 vaccine
By Nicky Aulia Widadio, Muhammad Nazarudin Latief, and Umar Idris
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AA) – As Indonesia enters the seventh month since reporting its first COVID-19 case, the country is pinning its hopes on the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.
