ANKARA
Here are the main topics that Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - TurkStat will report on Turkish industrial production.
SPECIAL REPORTS:
- Ahead of the Fed: What chances for a rate hike?
by Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA (AA) - There is a good chance that the Fed will raise interest rates at its meeting on Sept. 16-17, but it is anything but certain.
- The state of migration in Turkey
By Tuncay Kayaoglu
ISTANBUL (AA) - A report -- the first of its kind in Turkey -- released by the Directorate General of Migration Management contains detailed information on migration in the country between 2005 and 2013.
EUROPE
FRANCE
PARIS - French FM Fabius and Jordanian FM Nasser Judeh to hold a joint press conference following international conference on protecting victims of ethnic and religious violence in the Middle East.
STRASBOURG - European Parliament to discuss and vote draft law which would ban the cloning of all farm animals in the EU.
SWITZERLAND:
GENEVA - Press conference by Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for Migration and Development on current migration and asylum issues worldwide.
GENEVA - New OHCHR report on human rights situation in Ukraine.
GENEVA – WHO to release Child Mortality Report 2015.
SPECIAL REPORT:
- Iran, Armenia make series of trade, investment deals
By Najam Abbas
LONDON (AA) – Armenia is negotiating a series of major trade and investment deals with Iran.
AMERICAS
NEW YORK - UN Assistant Secretary-General to brief Security Council on human rights situation in Ukraine.
SPECIAL REPORT:
- Security Council divisions pose 'challenge' for UN
By Mustafa Caglayan
NEW YORK (AA) - The spokesman for the UN chief has admitted that the political divisions in the Security Council have hurt UN's capabilities to end the Syrian civil war.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
EGYPT
CAIRO - Egyptian army launches new security operation in Rafah and other parts of Sinai.
KENYA
NAIROBI - Teachers, nurses on major strike to protest pay.
SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG - South Africans screen documentary showing how Turkey saved Jews during Holocaust.
SPECIAL REPORT:
- Gazans still live in shanty houses after Israeli war
By Sarab Younes
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian families are afraid of what the future holds, after their houses were destroyed last year in Israel’s summer offensive against the Gaza Strip.
SOUTH ASIA
SPECIAL REPORT:
- India chasing $100 billion investment in green energy
By Shuriah Niazi
NEW DELHI – Foreign investment in India has been complicated in the past but with new simplified rules, the country is now seeking $100 billion to be injected into the green energy sector for industrial-scale solar power projects.
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
MYANMAR
YANGON – Myanmar election campaign launch marred by delays, corruption claims.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – Koreas reach agreement on reunions after overnight talks, but looming Pyongyang anniversary raises uncertainty.
CAMBODIA
PHNOM PENH – Cham Muslim witness continues testimony in Cambodia Khmer Rouge genocide trial (MERITS).
