ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk will cover on Tuesday Aug. 18, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - New Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar takes office in official ceremony
ANKARA - Moody’s credit rating agency quarterly report to warn of slower global growth
SPECIAL REPORT:
Greek bailout on track as Germany changes tune
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA (AA) - The Greek bailout is on track as Germany looks set to approve the deal on Wednesday and the Greek government avoided a confidence vote.
EUROPE
GERMANY
BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to meet Omani Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah to discuss political solution to conflicts in Syria, Yemen
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA - World Health Organization news conference on vaccine coverage
AMERICAS
NEW YORK - UN Security Council peace and security meeting
NEW YORK - UN to observe World Humanitarian Day
MIDDLE EAST-AFRICA
SAUDI ARABIA
SPECIAL REPORT:
Saudis changing Russian attitudes to Syria
By Ahmed Amin
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA) - Saudi Arabia’s proactive diplomacy since King Salman came to power has played an important role in reforming Russian attitudes toward the Syrian crisis, according to a number of Arab political experts.
ETHIOPIA
SPECIAL REPORT:
Traditional weaving is dying art in Ethiopia
By Abebech Tamene
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - Despite a fast growing fashion and design industry, centuries-old traditional weaving is noticeably dying out in Ethiopia.
SOUTH ASIA
SRI LANKA
COLOMBO – General election results
SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC
THAILAND
BANGKOK - Investigation into blast that killed at least 20 in central Bangkok
INDONESIA
JAKARTA - Search teams discover all 54 bodies among wreckage of plane that went missing in eastern Papua
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – South, North Korea reach breakthrough on joint industrial complex despite border tensions
