Diary
The main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk will cover on Monday, July 13, 2015
ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk will cover on Monday, July 13, 2015.
TURKEY
ANKARA - Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will hold first coalition discussions with the Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman at party headquarters, 2 p.m. local time (1100GMT).
ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani at Huber Palace.
SPECIAL REPORT
- Eid al-Fitr sweet for Turkish retailers
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA (AA) – “Eid al-Fitr is always good for us; why should this year be different?” asks Bayram, who works behind the counter at the Erzincan Mandira grocery in Umitkoy, Ankara.
The three-day festival, which takes place at the end Ramadan, usually gives retailers a big boost as Turks purchase large amounts of candy and gifts for visits to relatives.
SPECIAL REPORT
- A helping hand for new Muslims
By Tuncay Kayaoglu
ISTANBUL (AA) – “A seed of doubt along with hard trials,” are the reasons 23-year-old U.S.-based Filipino student Charizz Legaspi gives for why she stopped going to church and eventually turned to Islam.
Charizz is one of just one of thousands of people worldwide who become Muslim every year. But, like many new converts in the Western world, she has struggled due to a lack of support for her new faith.
EUROPE
BERLIN – Developments in Greek bailout talks and debate on Germany’s proposal for a ‘temporary Grexit’.
AUSTRIA - Ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 group in Vienna near completion.
AMERICAS
U.S.
NEW YORK – UN aid agency organizes briefing on humanitarian situation in Iraq.
WASHINGTON – Features on possible agreement on Iran's nuclear program.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Christine Wormuth delivers public remarks after visiting Turkey with Special Envoy for the U.S.-led anti-Daesh coalition, Gen. John Allen.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
ETHIOPIA – Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan will attend UN's Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, where high-level political representatives gather.
SPECIAL REPORT
Traditional drinks, sweets adorn iftar tables in Palestine
By Anees Barghouthy
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The iftar in any Palestinian house during Ramadan cannot be complete without delicious sweets, like Qatayef, and the famous Al-Carob and Tamer Hindi drinks.
SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – South Korea regrets North Korean refusal to accept repatriation of two rescued fishermen.
SEOUL – North Korea seen to confirm execution of defense minister after unveiling successor.
CHINA
BEIJING – Typhoon that affected 1.92 million people in nine cities finally weakens, leaves east China.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA – Cities in the world's most populous Muslim nation prepare to empty, as citizens all over pack up their bags and travel home for Eid.
