ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk will cover on Thursday Aug. 13, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu to meet for ongoing coalition talks.
SPECIAL REPORT: German finance minister slams Greek bailout
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA (AA) - The German finance ministry on Thursday released a paper that criticized the bailout agreement arrived at by Greece and its institutional creditors.
SPECIAL REPORT: Chinese currency depreciation highlights economic tests
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA (AA) - The devaluation of the renminbi indicated pressure on the Chinese economy, credit agency Fitch Ratings said in a note released on Thursday.
SPECIAL REPORT: Turkey and the GCC: ‘A win-win dynamic,’ economists say
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA (AA) - A multi-billion dollar economic partnership has developed between Turkey and the Gulf States, according to experts.
EUROPE
FRANCE
PARIS - Pro-Palestinian groups to protest Paris’s Tel Aviv day on artificial beaches.
AMERICAS
NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss sexual abuse claims involving peacekeepers serving in Central African Republic.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
SPECIAL REPORT: Water ATMs to help Kenyan slum dwellers
By Magdalene Mukami
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) - Residents of Nairobi’s Mathare slums have always been forced to live without access to clean water.
SPECIAL REPORT: Women first victims of Arab world's instability
By Sarab Younes
RABAT, Morocco (AA) - Moroccan Minister for Solidarity, Women, Family and Social Development Bassima Hakkaoui believes women are the first victims of the instability in Arab countries.
SOUTH ASIA
SPECIAL REPORT: Pakistan child abuse scandal exposes need for protection
By Aamir Latif
KARACHI, Pakistan - Revelations that up to 200 children were allegedly abused by a gang in a Pakistani town has led to activists pushing for better child protection laws.
SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC
CHINA
BEIJING – Death toll mounts following factory explosion in Tianjin.
JAPAN
TOKYO - Interest mounting over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s possible speech on the 70th anniversary of end of World War II.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – More than 6,500 pardoned by president, including SK Group chairman jailed for corruption, as part of attempted economic revival.
