Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014:
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Erdogan to meet Charles Koffi Diby, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ivory Coast, at presidential palace in Ankara.
ANKARA - Foreign Minister Cavusoglu and Ivory Coast Minister Diby to hold joint press conference.
ANKARA - Turkey’s Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Bozkir to meet Norway's Foreign Minister Brende.
ANKARA - Foreign Minister Cavusoglu to hold press conference with Norway's Foreign Minister Brende.
ANKARA - Prime Minister Davutoglu to meet Norway's Foreign Minister Brende and Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, Prime Minister of the Republic of Chad, separately.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Modern-day dervishes: followers of Turkey's Rumi
By Handan Kazanci
ISTANBUL (AA) - As Turkey marks the 741st anniversary of the death of Sufi mystic Mevlana Jelaluddin al-Rumi, AA moves beyond the 'whirling dervish' image and speaks to followers of the 13th century Sufi mystic about their modern-day lives.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK – The UN Security Council to discuss cooperation with the African Union in a meeting chaired by Secretary-General Moon.
EUROPE
GERMANY
BERLIN - Reactions of German politicians on the Dresden-based right wing group, Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West, or Pegida, will be followed. The Pegida is known for its anti-Muslim and anti-refugee stance.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA - World Intellectual Property Organization to launch its 2014 World Intellectual Property Indicators report.
GENEVA - UN to hold press briefing on current issues concerning Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Palestine, Ebola, illegal immigrants etc.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS – EU ministers for foreign affairs and European affairs will meet under the General Affairs Council. The council supervises EU enlargement policy among a host of issues.
BRUSSELS - The European Commission will adopt its monthly infringements package that seeks to enforce the EU law across Europe in the interest of citizens and businesses.
U.K.
LONDON – U.S. Secretary of State Kerry holds meetings in London.
LONDON – U.K. Secretary of State Hammond holds meetings in Ireland, comes together with Irish counterpart Flanagan.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
NIGERIA
ABUJA - Court to hear case challenging the eligibility of President Jonathan's reelection bid.
SOUTH SUDAN
JUBA - UN Humanitarian Coordinator Toby Lanzer to discuss humanitarian impact of the Sudan conflict and the UN’s response plan for 2015.
SOUTH AFRICA
CAPE TOWN - South Africans mark special day to promote reconciliation, national unity.
SPECIAL REPORTS:
Liberia's Ebola hero (photos + video)
By Evelyn T. Kpadeh
MONROVIA (AA) - Foday Gallah, an ambulance driver, got infected with the deadly virus while trying to save a child who had lost seven family members to Ebola. Both of them have miraculously survived. Gallah has since become one of Liberia's main faces in the fight against Ebola, continuing to help people showing symptoms of the deadly virus.
'Personal interests' impeding S. Sudan peace: Experts
By Okech Francis
JUBA (AA) – One year into the war in South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, peace appears elusive as ever. Many experts blame this on the personal interests of certain people on both sides of the conflict, both the government and rebel forces.
BALKANS
SERBIA
BELGRADE - Serbia to host leaders of China, central and eastern European countries at a summit in Belgrade. For the first time since 1986, the Chinese prime minister will visit Belgrade, along with 16 other prime ministers.
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE - Australia pays tribute to two victims of the Sydney cafe siege as an investigation is launched into the incident.
JAPAN
TOKYO - Following his election win, Prime Minister Abe to address deep-seated economic problems.
MYANMAR
SITTWE - AA uncovers desperate conditions in one of the camps housing hundreds of thousands of Rohingya in Rakhine state.
ASIA
INDIA
NEW DELHI - Female commuters in the Indian capital New Delhi share their stories of using the public transport system on the second anniversary of a horrific gang rape case.
BANGLADESH
DHAKA - Bangladeshis celebrate Victory Day to mark the end of the country’s 1971 war for independence from Pakistan. The celebrations come after a series of new death sentences were handed out to local politicians who were found guilty of committing war crimes.
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