ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk will cover on Monday, July 20, 2015.
TURKEY
ANKARA - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to attend 41st anniversary of Peace and Freedom Day which marks Turkey's 1974 "peace operation" after a Greek coup.
EUROPE
BERLIN - Reactions to Julian Assange’s offer to help investigation into NSA spying targeting Chancellor Merkel.
AMERICAS
U.S.
NEW YORK - UN Security Council to vote draft resolution endorsing a deal reached on Iran's nuclear program.
WASHINGTON - Obama will hold meeting with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari
WASHINGTON - Cuban embassy inauguration ceremony
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
SPECIAL REPORTS
-South Sudan crisis creates ‘wildlife refugees’
By Okech Francis
JUBA, South Sudan (AA) - South Sudan's wildlife has been forced to relocate to neighboring countries due to rampant poaching and their habitats being used as battlegrounds during the ongoing crisis.
-Why Boko Haram is making a comeback
By Rafiu Ajakaye
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) - With close to 500 civilians killed during Ramadan in ruthless attacks by Boko Haram, the Nigerian army’s description of events -- that the militants have been degraded and are in disarray -- is clearly not accurate.
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
THAILAND
BANGKOK - Analysts skeptical about new Thai policy of using former insurgents from Muslim south in peace talks.
MYANMAR
(MOVED) YANGON - Leader of renowned student protests in 1988 -- and other members of 88 Generation pro-democracy movement -- plan to run in November election for party of opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL - North Korea says no to South Korea's most recent offer of dialogue, a proposal made by Seoul's parliamentary leader last Friday.
