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ANKARA

Here are the main stories the Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk is planning to cover on Tuesday, May 26, 2015:

TURKEY

YUKSEKOVA, Hakkari – Turkey’s President Erdogan and Prime Minister Davutoglu to participate in inauguration ceremony of Turkey's 55th airport in Yuksekova in Hakkari province.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Nigeria fuel subsidy dispute behind shortages

by Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) - The devastating petrol shortage in Nigeria is caused by claims for subsidies payments from suppliers -- President elect Muhammadu Buhari denies such payments were promised. 

 

EUROPE

EUROPEAN UNION

- William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Jean Louis De Brouwer, Director of Humanitarian and Civil Protection Operations (ECHO), will meet MEPs in Brussels to discuss Mediterranean migrant crisis.

-EMISCO, the European Muslim Initiative for Social Cohesion, to hold working session at European Parliament in Brussels to discuss Islamophobia and security concerns.

 

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA – Turkey’s Foreign Minister Cavusoglu to meet TRNC President Akinci, Parliament Speaker Siber and Prime Minister Yorgancioglu.

 

GERMANY

BERLIN - Pressure mounts on Chancellor Merkel over BND’s secret cooperation with NSA, as her coalition partner Social Democrats back opposition’s demand to submit list of monitored telephones and emails to be submitted to Parliament’s investigation committee.

 

FRANCE

STRASBOURG - European Court of Human Rights to deliver verdict on challenge brought by 18 survivors of Bayrampasa prison siege in Turkey on Dec.18, 2000, in which 12 prisoners were killed and 50 others were injured. 

 

GREECE

SPECIAL REPORT:

Greece: Tsipras wins backing for bailout deal

by Magda Panoutsopoulou

ATHENS, Greece (AA) - Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, leader of the left wing party SYRIZA has won backing both from his own party and from the general public for his handling of bailout negotiations.

 

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

SARAJEVO - The Party of Democratic Action (SDA) will hold 6th congress to elect party’s leader after death of previous president Sulejman Tihic in 2014.

 

AMERICAS

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Obama hosts NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg for talks, with discussions focusing on situation in Ukraine and relations with Russia, as well as training in Afghanistan. 

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to hold debate on situation in Somalia.

 

SOUTH ASIA

SPECIAL REPORTS:

AFGHANISTAN

Afghan currency dip exposes aid-addicted economy

By Shadi Khan Saif

KABUL – Instability for the Afghan currency exposes the country’s vulnerability as foreign aid and investment leave alongside exiting foreign armed forces.

BANGLADESH

The boats and brokers of Bangladesh trafficking ring

By Kaamil Ahmed

DHAKA – Infographic of how a network of brokers links migrants and refugees in Bangladesh to human trafficking boats headed to Southeast Asia.

INDIAN-HELD KASHMIR

'Non-lethal' gun puts 100 pellets in Kashmiri boy's head

By Shazia Yousuf

SRINAGAR – A teenage boy blinded and left with 100 pellets in his head after being hit by non-lethal gun used by Indian security forces during protests. 

 

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA

NIGERIA - Follow up fuel crisis in Nigeria after major oil marketers agreed to resume fuel supplies following deal with government over unpaid debts.

KENYA - Foreign Affairs and International Trade Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed opens regional trade negotiation meeting on transatlantic trade and investment partnership.

SPECIAL REPORTS:

Spinning Zimbabwean wastepaper into money

By John Cassim

HARARE (AA) – Most people regard used paper as useless waste that belongs in a garbage can. But not Zimbabwe's Nyasha Manyonda, who is scraping together a living by making ornamental flowers from used paper.

 

Food airdrops save S. Sudan's helpless communities

By Okech Francis

JUBA (AA) – With the weather playing a major role in hampering road access during the rainy season, and with insecurity isolating many communities, airdrops have become a viable option for delivering basic goods to hard-to-reach areas in South Sudan, George Fominyen, a spokesman for the UN World Food Program (WFP), told Anadolu Agency.

 

SE ASIA-PACIFIC 

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Thailand taking proactive line in boat people crisis by deploying navy ship and launching air patrols.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – Government set to hold coordination meeting about Rohingya migrants addressing issues, including resettlement process.

CHINA

BEIJING - Fire at rest home in central Henan province leaves 38 people dead and six others injured, with two in serious condition.

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE – PM Abbott announces plans to give immigration minister right to strip dual-citizens suspected of “terrorism” of citizenship without conviction.

CAMBODIA 

PHNOM PENH – New report finds incarceration of mothers has “devastating” impact on children, urging judges to reconsider imprisoning mothers who commit minor offenses.