Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to meet his Turkmen counterpart Gulsat Mammedowa via video link.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in Eastern Mediterranean.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.

GREECE

ATHENS – Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to meet President of European Council Charles Michel. They also set to hold joint news conference.

US

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump to attend signing ceremony of Israel-United Arab Emirates-Bahrain deal at White House.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to deliver remarks at Atlantic Council virtual event.

NEW YORK - Ambassador Volkan Bozkir to officially assume presidency of UN General Assembly for 75th session.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Following developments after UN-recognized government announced nationwide cease-fire.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Treasury and Finance Ministry to announce central government budget balance for August.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release housing sales statistics for August.

SPECIAL REPORT

UN asks Myanmar to immediately extend cease-fire

By Md. Kamruzzaman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The UN has expressed concern over human rights violations and armed clashes in Myanmar and is urging the Suu Kyi administration to immediately take steps to restore peace in the country.

SPECIAL REPORT

Trump vies with Biden for votes amid trying times

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - Americans are preparing to choose their next president on Nov. 3 in a year dominated by the coronavirus pandemic and the gravest global economic recession since the Great Depression.

SPECIAL REPORT

Pakistan's role in intra-Afghan talks 'crucial'

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) - Pakistan has played a behind-the-scenes but crucial role in courting the Afghan Taliban for long-awaited intra-Afghan peace talks, aiming for political reconciliation and an end to decades of violence in the war-stricken country, according to local experts.

SPECIAL REPORT

Flood disaster ravages Sudanese civilians

By Mohammed Amin

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Hussein Kamal, 52, has lost his seven-year-old son in the floods that ruined the suburb of al-Fitaihab in the Sudanese city of Omdurman.