ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk will cover on Wednesday, July 8, 2015.
TURKEY
ISTANBUL
SPECIAL REPORT
- 'Silent crisis' for Turkey's Afghan refugees
By Tuncay Kayaoglu
ISTANBUL (AA) – “The civil war in Syria ruined everyone; first Syrians themselves, and then us, Afghan refugees,” says 27-year-old Sohrab Barati.
EUROPE
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS – Turkey's EU minister and chief negotiator Volkan Bozkir will visit Brussels where he will meet with European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Christos Stylianides.
FRANCE
STRASBOURG – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to address European Parliament over the future of Greece and conclusions of Tuesday’s EU summit meeting.
STRASBOURG – MEPs will debate recent terrorist attacks in Tunisia, France and Kuwait with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, plus EU relations with Cuba.
STRASBOURG – MEPs will vote on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks with U.S. recommendations.
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
SARAJEVO – Thousands to walk a three-day ‘March of Peace’ to mark the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys.
SPECIAL REPORT
- Osborne makes harsh cuts in UK budget
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA (AA) – Chancellor George Osborne announced harsh cuts to major welfare programs in his Summer Budget announcement on Wednesday.
AMERICAS
U.S.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee receives testimony from FBI Director James Comey at relatively rare open hearing.
NEW YORK – UN Security Council votes on resolution condemning 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
WASHINGTON – South Carolina Senator and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham delivers remarks on national security at the Atlantic Council.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
SPECIAL REPORT
DRC: Artists inscribe Arab-Muslim calligraphy on sculptures
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (AA) – Artists and sculptors sell wooden statuettes bearing the name of Allah and the Prophet Muhammad to Muslims and UN peacekeeping soldiers in Beni.
SOUTH ASIA
KARACHI, Pakistan – Afghan government representatives holding first direct peace talks with Taliban, though confusion remains over conditions of negotiations and whether they are backed by Taliban leadership.
SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC
THAILAND
BANGKOK – Two Myanmar men on go on trial for murder of British tourists.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – Country suffers first MERS death in eight days.
SEOUL – Ruling party floor leader forced to quit by President Park loyalists.
