ANKARA
Here are the main stories the Anadolu Agency's English News Desk is planning to cover Friday, April 24, 2015:
TURKEY
CANAKKALE -- Heads of states and senior officials from around the world to attend commemoration ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Canakkale Battle; President Erdogan to lead Turkish side at the mega event.
ISTANBUL -- Turkey's EU minister Bozkir to attend church liturgy for 1915 events organized by the Istanbul Armenian Patriarchate.
EUROPE
GERMANY
BERLIN -- German parliament debates a non-binding motion describing the 1915 events as "genocide."
SWITZERLAND
BERN -- Turkish non-governmental organizations to hold peace march marking the 100th anniversary of the 1915 events.
LATVIA
RIGA -- EU economy ministers to review process of negotiations between Athens and its international creditors.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK -- UN's Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura expected to brief the UN Security Council over his new plan to hold talks with conflicting parties in May.
NEW YORK -- Chief negotiators of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Press to hold press conference about their latest round of talks.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG -- President Zuma to meet leaders of all migrant communities to discuss how to prevent future xenophobic violence.
ZIMBABWE
HARARE – African Union launches a three-year program to fight child marriages in the country.
YEMEN
SANAA -- Saudi-led coalition continues its airstrikes against Houthi militants.
EGYPT
CAIRO -- 123 smuggled Egyptian artifacts expected to be returned from the U.S.
MALAWI
LILONGWE -- Consumers Association of Malawi organizes "Black Friday" aimed at mobilizing people to boycott South African products and shops owned by South Africans.
SPECIAL REPORTS:
Uganda's dilapidated, deplorable health centers
By Halima Athumani
KAMPALA -- Located some 300 meters off the main road, Nsawo Health Center Three in the central Luweero district, 64 kilometers from the capital Kampala, is barely accessible by the able-bodied, let alone ailing patients.
Despite attacks, Zimbabweans flock to S. Africa
By John Cassim
HARARE -- While hundreds flee deadly anti-immigrant attacks in South Africa, many Zimbabweans continue to travel to the so-called "rainbow nation."
ASIA - PACIFIC
NEPAL
KATHMANDU -- Mountaineer Min Bahadur Sherchan, 83, comes out of retirement as he prepares to retake record as the oldest man to climb Mount Everest.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Still voiceless: Bangladesh workers after factory tragedy
By Kaamil Ahmed
DHAKA – Two years after a Bangladeshi factory collapse killed more than 1,100 people, survivors continue to struggle with rehabilitation and workers claim they remain voiceless.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA -- Filipina on death row in Indonesia transferred to prison island as government summons embassies of foreign drugs convicts awaiting execution.
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE -- Over 100 organizations call for moratorium on Australia’s transfer of refugees to Nauru Island.
THAILAND
BANGKOK -- Muslim south rocked by two bombings, one shooting Friday morning, after Thai defense minister said situation was "improving" in the insurgency-plagued region.
