ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk will cover on Tuesday, June 16, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - Prime Minister Davutoglu to attend Justice and Development (AK) Party's group meeting.
ANKARA - CHP leader to attend his party's central executive board. He then receives delegation from Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD)
AMERICAS
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON - U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power will speak at the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
SPECIAL REPORT:
-Redeployment of US missiles to Europe unlikely: Experts
By Michael Hernandez
WASHINGTON (AA) – A redeployment of ballistic missiles to Europe following a precipitous decline in relations with Russia would be an expensive, if unlikely scenario, experts told Anadolu Agency.
EUROPE
GREECE
ATHENS - Greek PM Tsipras is to meet on Tuesday with the leaders of several opposition parties, reportedly to sound them out for voting on a possible bailout agreement in parliament.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
SAUDI ARABIA
JEDDAH - Turkish FM Cavusoglu to attend the Extraordinary Meeting of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Foreign Ministers and to hold a bilateral meeting with Iyad bin Amin Madani, OIC Secretary General.
EGYPT
CAIRO – Ruling on Morsi death sentence expected.
SPECIAL REPORT:
-Liberia students irked by gov’t plan to shorten school year
By Evelyn Kpadeh
MONROVIA, Liberia (AA) – Patience Dolo, an 18-year-old student, is unhappy about the relatively large tuition fees her parents have to pay every year, but what is making her more frustrated is a plan by the Education Ministry to shorten the academic year following Liberia’s recent Ebola outbreak.
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – MERS claims life of first victim under 50 years old as death toll rises to 19.
PHILIPPINES
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Philippines' president witnesses turnover of weapons by country’s one-time largest Moro rebel group as part of peace process.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA – Disaster management teams in North Sumatra evacuate 7,500 residents living around Mount Sinabung amid heightened volcanic activity.
HONG KONG
HONG KONG – Chief Executive CY Leung says illegal activities -- violent or non-violent -- shouldn't be tolerated following arrests of nine “radical activists” ahead of Legislative Council vote on reform package for 2017 chief executive election.
