HOLD Diary

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

The misery of doctors and frontline workers in the war against the novel coronavirus is surging in Bangladesh with at least 84 physicians killed.

Saad, 18, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his residence in southwestern Pakistan earlier this month.

Despite daunting challenges, the multi-faceted Ethiopian reform is destined to succeed in building a unified, a multi-cultural democratic society that would boost the country's global reputation, a top official said.

The explosive yield -- the amount of energy released when a nuclear weapon detonates -- has grown exponentially since 1945 when bombs flattened the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The security situation in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir has improved in the last year and there has been no major law and order situations in any area, according to Kashmir's police chief.

Top leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that annexation of Jammu and Kashmir last year has removed a notion that it was a separate entity.

Describing Aug. 5, when India annexed Jammu and Kashmir region, a day of "betrayal" and "blackest day", a pro-India Kashmiri politician said people were seething with anger against the move. -