ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, August 26, 2015:
TURKEY
SPECIAL REPORTS:
Innovative Turkish companies with world-class know-how
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA - A growing number of small Turkish companies have produced innovative technology and businesses, and they now compete on world markets.
World trade drops to lowest level in six years
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA - Global trade has contracted to the lowest levels seen since the 2008 financial crisis.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK - UN Security Council to hear briefing from UN's Libya envoy Leon on political dialogue in the country.
EUROPE
GERMANY
HEIDENAU – German Chancellor Merkel to visit asylum seekers’ shelter in eastern town of Heidenau, after wave of far-right attacks against refugees in the country.
FRANCE
PARIS -UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to hold joint press conference in Paris on the sidelines of an environment-focused session being hosted by French Foreign Ministry.
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
ETHIOPIA
ADDIS ABABA - South Sudanese President Kiir expected to sign peace deal.
SPECIAL REPORTS:
Algeria uses army three times in 16 months to disperse protests
By Abdullah Saad
ALGIERS – Algerian President Bouteflika has used the army three times in 16 months to deal with protests in different cities across the country, despite the presence of powerful internal security forces.
Illegal sand mining stirs controversy in Zimbabwe
By John Cassim
HARARE, Zimbabwe – A signpost along a street in the Zimbabwean capital Harare directs motorists and pedestrians to a bushy area near the Harare International Airport.
SOUTHEAST ASIA & PACIFIC
THAILAND
BANGKOK – Fate of Uighur still detained in Thailand hangs in the balance.
MYANMAR
YANGON – A total of 101 boat people reportedly remain at camp in Myanmar as officials wait to send them to Bangladesh
JAPAN
TOKYO - Prime Minister Abe asks U.S. President Obama to probe allegations that high-level Japanese government and corporate officials were spied on, after WikiLeaks releases list of alleged targets of U.S.’ National Security Agency .
