ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair Supreme Military Council meeting at presidential complex.
ANKARA – Monitoring forest fires burning across southern Turkey which have caused casualties.
ANKARA – Monitoring wildfires in Greece, Spain, Italy, Russia.
ANKARA – Following COVID-19 normalization process in Turkey, virus variants, worldwide pandemic situation.
TUNISIA
TUNIS – Monitoring developments after President Kais Saied has suspended parliament.
MYANMAR
YANGON – Monitoring developments after February military coup has triggered violent protests, crackdown.
THE ECONOMY
LUXEMBOURG – EU statistical office to release retail trade figures for June.
NEW JERSEY – US to announce ADP private payrolls data for July.
SPORTS
TOKYO – Following Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
SPECIAL REPORT
Kashmir situation better after annexation, says Indian ruling party leader
By Ahmad Adil
NEW DELHI (AA) – A senior politician aligned with India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has claimed that the situation in Indian-administered Kashmir has improved since Aug. 5, 2019, when India revoked the special constitutional status and divided the region into two central-administered territories.
SPECIAL REPORT
Changing face of Indian-administered Kashmir in 2 years since annexation
By Hilal Mir
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Two years ago on Aug. 5, India annulled the key provisions of Article 370 and abrogated Article 35 (A) of its Constitution, which had guaranteed limited autonomy and protection to the local citizenship law in Jammu and Kashmir.
SPECIAL REPORT
Top Indian politician urges government to win trust of people in Kashmir
By Ahmad Adil
NEW DELHI (AA) – A senior Indian politician, who has held portfolios of foreign and finance ministries in the past, has urged the Modi government to win the "confidence and trust" of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
SPECIAL REPORT
Lebanese gov't still missing in action as country faces precipice
By Aysu Bicer
ANKARA (AA) – A year after the horrific blast that tore apart Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon seems to have returned to business as usual, as its people continue to grapple with a pervasive culture of negligence, corruption and complacency by their rulers now more visible than ever.
SPECIAL REPORT
Retaining Tanzania's Selous reserve on World Heritage elicits mixed reactions
By Kizito Makoye
RUFIJI, Tanzania (AA) – Sitting in a helicopter seat with his waist tightly secured by a safety belt, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, or "Mzee Ruksa" as he is popularly known in Tanzania, could not hide his feelings upon seeing fearsome crocodiles slithering in murky waters at the Selous Game Reserve as a dozen tourists lazily gilded along shallow lakes in aluminum-hulled skiffs.
SPECIAL REPORT
Tanzania animal behaviorists train stray dogs to trust humans
By Kizito Makoye
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AA) – Like other stray dogs roaming the streets of Dar es Salaam, Max has experienced the worst kind of physical and verbal assault in her life.
SPECIAL REPORT
Jewish exodus from Spain led to formation of Ottoman-Turkish Jewry
By Ahmet Gencturk
ANKARA (AA) - Just a day before Christopher Columbus departed from the port of Palos de la Frontera in southern Spain to embark on an expedition that would change world history, the last ship carrying Jews left Spain on Aug. 2, 1492.
ANALYSIS – Russia aims to regain clout in Central Asia through wargames
By Zaki Shaikh
LONDON (AA) – Russia is jostling to strengthen and expand its presence in the volatile Central Asian region to prevent its partners from aligning with NATO or getting closer to the US.