ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, August 15, 2018, (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.
ANKARA – Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim to pay official visit to Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
ANKARA – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint news conference with Sudanese counterpart Al-Dirdiri Mohamed Ahmed. Cavusoglu also due to attend 10th Ambassadors' Conference.
ANKARA – Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin to hold news conference.
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release labor force statistics for May and housing sale statistics for July.
ANKARA – Ministry of Finance to reveal budget balance table for July.
ANKARA – Turkish Central Bank to release outstanding loans received from abroad by private sector for June.
PALESTINE
RAMALLAH – PLO's Central Committee to meet in absence of leading resistance factions, including Hamas.
SYRIA
IDLIB – Assad regime, allies continue to tighten noose around Idlib, war-torn Syria’s last opposition stronghold.
OMAN
MUSCAT – Following rumors of Omani mediation efforts between US and Iran.
ESTONIA
TALLINN – Spanish city rivals Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid to meet in 2018 UEFA Super Cup final in Estonian capital Tallinn on Wednesday.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – Developments on Tuesday's car crash outside British parliament to be followed.
LONDON – Victims of 1998 Omagh bombing to be remembered on 20th anniversary of the deadly incident.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to host UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura for talks amid expected Syrian regime offensive in Idlib.
SPECIAL REPORT
Trump’s global policy a string of abandoned commitments
By Michael Hernandez
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for the international order, pledging before entering office to upend multilateral accords and recalibrate U.S. participation in the UN.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkish envoy urges businessmen to invest in Ethiopia
By Muhammet İkbal Arslan and Cagri Kosak
ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's ambassador to Addis Ababa called on his country’s businessmen to follow the privatization program initiated by Ethiopian government and invest in the country.
MALI
BAMAKO – Developments following Sunday's presidential run-off.
