ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - Recent developments will be covered in the operation of the Turkish Armed Forces and air forces belonging to the U.S.-led international coalition against Daesh in an effort to clear the terror group out of the Syrian city of Jarabulus.
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to separately meet U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Estonian Foreign Minister Marina Kaljurand, currently chairing the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers.
Erdogan is also to attend a mass appointment ceremony for disabled people starting state jobs.
ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman to also meet separately with Biden and Kaljurand, as well as with Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani and Elmar Brok, head of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee.
ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to hold separate meetings with Joe Biden, Elmar Brok, and Marina Kaljurand.
THAILAND
BANGKOK - Car bomb leaves one dead and 29 others injured a hotel in majority-Muslim far South, less than 2 weeks after a series of explosions rocked upper regions of southern peninsula.
KOREAS
SEOUL - North Korea test-fires submarine-launched ballistic missile, according to Seoul, in what Pyongyang described as response to ongoing military drills between South Korea and the U.S.
MYANMAR
YANGON - State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi announces formation of new advisory commission aimed at finding lasting solutions to “complex and delicate issues” in western Rakhine State – home to around 1.2 million Rohingya Muslims.