Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

BITLIS - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ceremony marking 949th anniversary of the Battle of Manzikert.

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold meeting and news conference with his German counterpart Heiko Maas.

ANKARA – Following latest developments in Eastern Mediterranean.

ANKARA – Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak across Turkey, worldwide.

ANKARA – Following latest developments in normalization deal reached by UAE, Israel.

GREECE

ATHENS - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to meet and hold news conference with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias.

ITALY

ROME - Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio to meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

MALI

BAMAKO – Following developments after military coup in Mali leading to resignation of former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI – Following clashes between Libyan army, militias of warlord Khalifa Haftar.

PALESTINE/ ISRAEL

WEST BANK / TEL AVIV - British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab to hold talks in Palestine and Israel.

BANGLADESH

DHAKA - Rohingya in refugees camps in southern Bangladesh and across the world to mark 3rd anniversary of Myanmar's 'genocide' against the most persecuted community.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release sectoral confidence indices for August.

ANKARA - Central Bank to announce Capacity Utilization Rate of the Manufacturing Industry for August.

SPORTS

THESSALONIKI - Turkey's Besiktas to take on Greek side PAOK in UEFA Champions League's second qualifying round.

SPECIAL REPORT

Bayern claim historic treble with stunning form in 2020

By Muhammed Enes Calli

ANKARA (AA) - Bayern Munich's superb season ended with the Champions League trophy after a 1-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in Lisbon on Sunday.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘UN not addressing actual condition of Rohingya’

By Ahmad Adil

New Delhi (AA) - A senior Indian analyst and an expert on ethnic conflicts has said that the UN’s long-term strategy to tackle the Rohingya crisis does not address their actual condition.

SPECIAL REPORT

Rohingya crisis: ‘Denial to pursue education more painful’

By Md. Kamruzzaman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – As if escaping from the wrath of Myanmar military three years ago was not enough for Rohingya Muslims, reports said that they are being denied their right to continue education in the refugee camps in Bangladesh.

SPECIAL REPORT

Reverse sad plight of Rohingya, ex-UN envoy tells Myanmar

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) – A former UN envoy has urged Myanmar to reverse the sad plight of Rohingya Muslims and face the reality of widespread institutional discrimination against the community.

OPINION

Rakhine-Rohingya reconciliation key to liberation for both communities

By Maung Zarni

LONDON (AA) - Today (Aug. 25) marks the third anniversary of Myanmar’s largest genocidal purge in history against its own national minority, namely Rohingyas.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘In Rohingya camps, you can read despair from refugees' eyes’

By Sorwar Alam and Jeyhun Aliyev

ANKARA (AA) - As Rohingya refugees mark the third anniversary of the “genocide” by the Myanmar government and military, a Turkish humanitarian aid worker recalled the horror of brutality against the world's most persecuted Rohingya community.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Helping Rohingya Turkey's main foreign policy objective'

By MD. Kamruzzaman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) -Helping the Rohingya refugees is one of our main foreign policy objectives of Turkey, as the country has provided the highest amount of humanitarian assistance for the refugees in the past three years since 2017, said Turkish ambassador to Bangladesh Mustafa Osman Turan.