ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover Monday Aug. 15, 2016:
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will chair Council of Ministers meeting at presidential palace.
SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG - Amnesty International to releases report accusing British platinum mining giant Lonmin of failing to provide decent housing to thousands of its workers, four years after 34 miners were shot dead outside their Marikana mine in South Africa.
THAILAND
SPECIAL REPORT - Thai junta too quick to dismiss insurgency, say analysts
By Don Pathan
BANGKOK – In Thai south, security officials do not dismiss insurgents were behind bombings that killed 4 last week.
JAPAN
TOKYO – PM Shinzo Abe sends ritual offering to shrine for country’s war dead on 71st anniversary of end of World War II, a gesture that has previously drawn protests from neighbors over Tokyo’s approach toward militarist past.
PHILIPPINES
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Government and one-time largest rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front announce agreement to increase membership of commission tasked with drafting autonomy law for Muslim south following talks in Malaysia.