ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk will cover on Wednesday Aug. 19, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Erdogan to meet Chief of Staff General Hulusi Akar and the commanders-in-chief of armed forces in Ankara. He will also meet intelligence chief Hakan Fidan and head of religious affairs Mehmet Gormez.
ANKARA - Erdogan to address mukhtars -- locally elected heads of Turkish villages and neighborhoods -- in Presidential Palace.
SPECIAL REPORTS:
- Turkish central bank publishes monetary policy plan
by Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA (AA) - The Turkish central bank has published a new plan for its interest-rate decisions and general monetary policy.
- The Turkish folk singer who inspires rap artists
By Handan Kazanci
ISTANBUL (AA) - Ince Ince, a song from famous Turkish folk singer Selda Bagcan was sampled in hip-hop icon Dr. Dre's latest album.
EUROPE
GERMANY
BERLIN - German parliament is to vote on third bailout for Greece.
BERLIN - Germany estimates a record 750,000 asylum applications this year, according to a new report by Interior Ministry.
SPECIAL REPORT:
- Impartiality of media in UK
By Gokhan Kurtaran
LONDON - An interview with Dr Roger Dickinson of Leicester University on impartiality of media in the U.K.
- Italian economy struggles to recover
by Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA (AA) - The Italian economy is struggling to achieve growth despite government's reform measures.
AMERICAS
U.S.
NEW YORK - UN relief chief Stephen O'Brien to brief Security Council on his recent visit to Yemen.
MIDDLE EAST-AFRICA
SPECIAL REPORTS:
- Thousands of Nigerian children perish from malnutrition
By Rafiu Ajakaye
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) - At least 1,000 children die of malnutrition in Nigeria every day, making up roughly 55 percent of under-five deaths in the country, according to official data from the country's statistics bureau.
- Traditional Arabian 'souq' losing ground in Iraq
By Abdullah Saad
BAQUBAH, Iraq (AA) - Emerging in 1929, traditional Arab markets reached their peak in Iraq in the 1990s, before the 2003 invasion destabilized them.
SOUTH ASIA
SPECIAL REPORT:
- Nepal's new building codes to protect against quakes
By Deepak Adhikari
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Thousands of buildings came crashing down after an earthquake hit Nepal in April but the country hopes new laws for construction will prevent a repeat disaster.
SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC
THAILAND
BANGKOK - With tourists canceling bookings and no arrests made for Monday’s bomb blast, Thais start to proportion blame.
BANGKOK - Thailand still searching for culprit behind bombing that left 20 dead.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA - Heavy rain and fog hamper efforts to recover bodies from site of plane crash in eastern Papua mountains.
