ANKARA
Here are the main topics that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, August 25, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Erdogan to meet Prime Minister Davutoglu in wake of official announcement of early general election in Turkey.
ANKARA - Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) to convene its executive council.
SPECIAL REPORTS:
Turkey among best-ranked countries for financial inclusion: Brookings
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA - A Brookings Institution study rates Turkey among the top six emerging markets for financial inclusion, providing effective and accessible financial services.
Fears of global crisis 'misplaced’: economists
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA - Fears of global crisis that sparked a selloff on stock markets around the world are “misplaced”, economists said on Tuesday.
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
SPECIAL REPORTS:
Survivors remember Ghouta chemical massacre
By Sarab Younes
DAMASCUS, Syria - On the second anniversary of the notorious Ghouta chemical massacre in Syria, survivors recount what happened on that fateful day.
Living with the eyes of the dead in Ethiopia
By Abebech Tamene
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Over 300,000 blind people in Ethiopia may be able to see again, thanks to a simple procedure now available at the Eye Bank of Ethiopia.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK - UN Security Council to receive briefing from UN Special Representative for Sexual Violence Zainab Bangura on Daesh's attacks on minorities.
FRANCE
PARIS - French President Hollande to meet UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
SOUTHEAST ASIA & PACIFIC
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – South Korea switches off border propaganda after defusing tensions with North Korea.
MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR – ASEAN meeting wraps up.
THAILAND
BANGKOK – Thai court’s award of damages for fatal torture of Muslim detainee highlights government’s failure to prosecute soldiers who commit grave abuses in Thailand’s troubled deep south border provinces, says Human Rights Watch.
