ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover Thursday, March 19, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA -- Parliament Speaker Cicek and Turkey’s EU Minister Bozkir to attend opening of the 76th meeting of Turkey-EU joint parliamentary committee.
SPECIAL REPORTS:
Foreign investors still bullish on Turkey
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA - Foreign investors are bullish on Turkey and are looking to place more funds in the country.
Ukraine expects 'good results' during Erdogan's visit
By Diyar Guldogan
ANKARA - Ukraine hopes to achieve good results during President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Ukraine on March 20, Ukrainian ambassador to Turkey told The Anadolu Agency. "It is going to be the first official contact between our presidents and we believe that it will bring good results," Sergiy Korsunsky says.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
ISRAEL
JERUSALEM -- Follow up on Israeli election results and coalition talks.
TUNISIA
TUNIS -- Follow up on the repercussions of the terrorist attack on a museum that left 21 people, mostly foreign tourists, dead.
MOROCCO
RABAT -- A new round of the UN-sponsored Libya dialogue begins.
NIGERIA
ABUJA -- Weekly update of counter-terrorism operations against Boko Haram in the country’s northeast.
UGANDA
KAMPALA -- EU Head of Delegation Kristian Schmidt to launch a 3.1 million euro grant to Makerere University School of Public Health to help its research on health systems.
SPECIAL REPORTS:
'Topless women to revive tourism' stirs debate in Kenya
By Yassin Juma
NAIROBI - Nominated Senator Emma Mbura of Mombasa County believes that if the women of her Mijikenda tribe in Kenya's coastal region go topless it will help revive the local tourism industry, a suggestion that has drawn the rebuke of many Kenyans.
Living walls protect Tanzania's lions
By Peter Saramba Ongiri
ARUSHA, Tanzania - The Tanzanian government has decided to endorse and apply a pilot project by a local non-governmental organization to help end the killing of lions and other wild animals in areas close to national parks and conservation areas.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON -- CODEPINK and a coalition of anti-war groups hold events to mark the 12th anniversary of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
EUROPE
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS -- EU heads of government to meet for a two-day summit to discuss the Greek bailout negotiations and Ukraine crisis.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Georgian fighters defy Russia in Ukraine
By Davit Kachkachishvili
DONETSK, Ukraine/TBILISI, Georgia -- Conflict-riddled Ukraine has found new allies in its fight against pro-Russian separatists in the eastern part of the country. Fueled by past conflicts between Russia and their own country, Georgian fighters have been participating in clashes against pro-Russian separatists.
SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC
THAILAND
BANGKOK -- Supreme Court rules former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to face trial for negligence over debt-ridden rice subsidies scheme.
MYANMAR
YANGON -- Two journalists sentenced to two months in prison on charges of defamation.
YANGON -- Ministry of Information says three rebels, 13 government soldiers killed in clashes with ethnic Kokang rebels in a single day.
MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR -- Kelantan state legislature passes bill on application of sharia law for Muslims.
CAMBODIA
PHNOM PENH -- Prime Minister Hun Sen says vice president of opposition party masterminded plot to topple government.
SOUTH ASIA
AFGHANISTAN
SPECIAL REPORT:
Weak economy pushes Afghan minors to make lone journeys
By Zabihullah Tamara
KABUL - Lack of stability in Afghanistan is forcing thousands of Afghan children to take the risky unaccompanied journey for opportunity abroad.
