ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk will cover on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu after the latter returned a mandate to form a coalition government on Tuesday.
ANKARA – Sports: Turkey's Fenerbahce to play away against Atromitos of Greece on the first day of UEFA Europa League play-offs.
ISTANBUL – Anadolu Agency interviews some of the thousands of Turkish Muslims leaving Istanbul today to take part in this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
EUROPE
FRANCE
CALAIS – France's Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and U.K. Home Secretary Theresa May to sign cooperation deal as they visit northern French port of Calais, amid migrant crisis.
SPECIAL REPORT
Greece prepares disbursement of first bailout payment
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA (AA) – Greece is preparing to disburse its first bailout payment of €26 billion [$29 billion].
AMERICAS
U.S.
NEW YORK – UN Security Council to hold meeting on role of security sectors in maintaining international peace and security.
SPECIAL REPORT
Federal Reserve minutes show rate hike is near
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA (AA) – The U.S. Federal Reserve is getting ready to raise interest rates, probably in September; that is what is emerging from the minutes of the last monetary policy meeting, released late on Wednesday.
Three huge American banks to found data company
By Barry Eitel
SAN FRANCISCO (AA) – JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are creating a company to gather and share massive amounts of financial data, according to a report filed by The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.
MIDDLE EAST-AFRICA
SPECIAL REPORTS
Experts weigh in on Burundi crisis
By Felix Nkambeh Tih
ANKARA (AA) – Despite UN calls for political dialogue, international pressure and an opposition boycott, Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza ran for a third term in office in controversial polls held on July 21.
Rise in child abductions troubles Egyptians
By Mohamed Sabry
CAIRO (AA) – Om Abdullah was selling toys outside the famous Al-Hussein mosque in downtown Cairo when her three-year-old son suddenly disappeared.
SOUTH ASIA
INDIA
MUMBAI – Indian politicians and activists react to dismissal of senior police officer who had accused current Prime Minister Narendra Modi of encouraging deadly anti-Muslim riots in the state of Gujarat in 2002, when he was the region’s chief minister.
SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC
INDONESIA
JAKARTA – Search teams begin moving bodies from wreckage of Sunday’s Trigana Air crash to hospital in Papua’s capital.
THAILAND
BANGKOK – Three days after Bangkok bombing that left 20 people dead, investigation progresses slowly with more questions being raised.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – South Korean President Park Geun-hye confirms China visit at risk of upsetting US, a key ally.
