ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk will cover on Tuesday July 28, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - Senior leaders of Justice and Development (AK) Party and Republican People’s Party (CHP) hold talks on forming coalition government.
SPECIAL REPORT: Turkish business to profit from end to Iran sanctions
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA (AA) - There are great opportunities for Turkish business in Iran, now that the accord with the world powers has begun the lifting of sanctions, economists told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday.
EUROPE
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - Emergency NATO meeting on Turkey's campaign against Daesh and Kurdish rebels.
GREECE
SPECIAL REPORT: Ruling Greek coalition splits over bailout deal
By Magda Panoutsopoulou
ATHENS (AA) - Greece's ruling coalition has split over the country's bailout deal with its creditors.
AMERICAS
US
NEW YORK - UN Security Council briefing on Syria from UN humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien.
NEW YORK - Unveiling of Kiswa at UN headquarters. The silk cloth covers the Kaaba, the cuboid building in Mecca that is Islam’s most sacred site. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to attend.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
GAZA
SPECIAL REPORT: Charities help young Gazans struggling to afford weddings
By Ahmed Badawy
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) - Planning to throw his wedding party next week, Muayyad al-Susi is sorting out his invitations. Not too long ago, he did not imagine he would be financially able to get married before the age of 40.
SOUTH AFRICA
SPECIAL REPORT: Renowned South African activist says Israel 'an apartheid state'
By Hassan Isilow
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AA) – “There is no doubt in my mind that Israel is an apartheid state,” says Denis Goldberg, who fought alongside Mandela.
SOUTH ASIA
INDIA
MUMBAI - Yakub Memon challenges death sentence passed for his role in 1993 Mumbai bombings that killed more than 250 at Supreme Court.
NEPAL
SPECIAL REPORT: Nepal's stateless Dalits, stuck at bottom of caste pyramid
By Deepak Adhikari
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AA) - The Chamars of Nepal are victims of the old caste system, which leaves them stateless in their own country, struggling for work and unable to buy land, open bank accounts or get a mobile phone.
SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC
THAILAND
BANGKOK - Thai authorities dismay over U.S. grading of country at lowest level for human trafficking.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL - Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn declares end to MERS outbreak, urges citizens to return to normal life, contrary to WHO guidelines.
MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR - Prime Minister Najib Razak expected to announce cabinet reshuffle.
