ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015:
EUROPE
SWITZERLAND
DAVOS -- Coverage of World Economic Forum
AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST
DJIBOUTI -- Turkish President Erdogan to meet Djibouti's president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, for closed talks and joint press conference. He will also speak at National Assembly, attend official opening of Turkish Embassy's chancellery and residence.
YEMEN
SANAA -- Coverage of unfolding crisis following resignation of country’s president.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK -- Egyptians in New York plan protest against 2013 military coup.
SOUTH ASIA
PAKISTAN
Special report:
Pakistan's doctors forced away by sectarian killings
By Aamir Latif
KARACHI -- Sectarian violence in Pakistan has caused a brain drain of the country's much needed health professionals.
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
JAPAN
TOKYO -- Japan awaits fate of hostages threatened with beheading by ISIL after Friday’s deadline of payment of $200 million ransom passes with no word.
PHILIPPINES
ZAMBOANGA -- Majority Christian city in Philippines Muslim south on red alert following Friday blast that killed two; mayor seeking to transfer 57 Abu Sayyaf members from city jail.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA -- Indonesian police release deputy head of top anti-corruption body following yesterday’s arrest and interrogation.
