ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - Turkey's Vice President Fuat Oktay, Sudan’s Sovereign Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to meet with Turkish businesspeople in capital Ankara.
ANKARA- Following flooding in Black Sea provinces.
ANKARA - Following COVID-19 normalization process in Turkey, virus variants, worldwide pandemic situation.
ALGERIA
ALGIERS - Monitoring wildfires that killed dozens of people across country.
GREECE
ATHENS - Monitoring wildfires.
ITALY
ROME - Monitoring fires in forests, rural areas of southern Italy.
TUNISIA
TUNIS - Monitoring developments after President Kais Saied suspended parliament in July.
MYANMAR
YANGON - Monitoring developments after February military coup triggered violent protests, crackdown.
AFGHANISTAN
KABUL - Monitoring developments amid clashes between government forces, Taliban.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA (AA) - TurkStat to reveal housing sales statistics for July.
ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to reveal balance of payment statistics for June.
LUXEMBURG - Eurostat will reveal trade balance for 1st half.
ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan will announce Consumer Sentiment for August
SPECIAL REPORT
As war engulfs cities, uprooted Afghan families flee in despair
By Shadi Khan Saif
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) - Together with her minor daughter and hundreds of villagers, Nilofar fearfully spent over a week under the thundering sound of deadly armed clashes in her native Takhar province in northern Afghanistan before fleeing to the capital Kabul empty-handed.
SPECIAL REPORT
Zimbabwe grapples with mental illness amid rampant drug abuse
By Jeffrey Moyo
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) - At first, he said their conversation was cordial, but then all of a sudden, 16-year-old Jemitius Gawe shouted for help.