Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.
ANKARA - Following latest cease-fire agreement for Idlib, northwestern Syria, along Turkey's southern border, reached by Turkey, Russia.
LEBANON
BEIRUT - Aftermath of massive deadly blast at warehouse containing explosives at capital port.
BEIRUT - Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay to meet Lebanese President Michel Aoun, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and Prime Minister Hassan Diab and visit blast site.
LIBYA
TRIPOLI - Following clashes between Libyan army, militias of warlord Khalifa Haftar.
SPORTS
BARCELONA / MUNICH - Barcelona-Napoli and Bayern Munich-Chelsea matches in UEFA Champions League last 16 to be held.
SPECIAL REPORT
On a cold blustery summer morning, heightened fears of the COVID-19 pandemic blended with a glimmer of hope shroud the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
For the past several days now, 48-year-old Satendra Prasad along with five other family members have been staying put at their neighbor's home after floodwater entered their one-story house in Mathia village in India's Bihar state.
Nuclear proliferation is bigger than global warming, the US president said in an interview Tuesday, amid reports of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia taking solid steps to go nuclear. -
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