ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk is planning to cover on Friday, April 17, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - Turkish President Erdogan to hold bilateral talks in Kazakhstan.
SPECIAL REPORTS:
Turkey: Achieving a transition to a new economy
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ISTANBUL - Turkey is in the process of transforming its economy, experts at the Financial Times Summit in Istanbul say.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON - Italian Prime Minister Renzi meets President Obama at the White House.
WASHINGTON - Leaders of the Turkey-led G20 group address the press as World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings continue.
WASHINGTON - Leaders of the Business 20 or the B20 group meet at the International Finance Corporation.
NEW YORK - UN spokesperson Dujarric to hold press briefing.
EUROPE
GERMANY
COLOGNE - Funeral ceremony for Germanwings crash victims will be held at the Cologne Cathedral. President Gauck and Chancellor Merkel are expected to attend.
FRANCE
PARIS - French President Hollande to host Iceland President Grimsson for talks.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Stylianides to visit Croatia.
BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue Dombrovskis to attend G7 finance ministers meeting in Washington.
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
SPECIAL REPORT:
Bosniaks who fought at Canakkale remembered
POCITELJ - Although the Battle of Canakkale is often perceived as a battle between Turks and the Anzac forces, thousands of people from the Balkans also fought in the devastating 1915 conflict.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
SAUDI ARABIA
RIYADH - Saudi-led coalition continues its strikes against Houthi militants in Yemen.
SOUTH AFRICA
CAPE TOWN - Follow up of the ongoing anti-foreigners’ attacks in South Africa.
PALESTINE
JERUSALEM - Series of rallies and activities to mark Palestinian Prisoners’ Day.
SUDAN
KHARTOUM - Vote counting and early results of presidential and parliamentary elections expected.
LEBANON
BEIRUT - Hezbollah leader expected to address a pro-Houthi rally.
MOROCCO
RABAT - Follow up of the ongoing Libya dialogue.
SPECIAL REPORTS:
Kenyan Shabaab fighters divided over amnesty offer
By Yassin Juma
NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenyan fighters of Somalia's Al-Shabaab militant group have mixed reactions to a recent amnesty offer made by the Kenyan government.
Tanzania to ban clerics for political views
By Peter Saramba Ongiri
ARUSHA, Tanzania – The Tanzanian government has threatened to ban all religious institutions and nongovernmental organizations whose leaders are found meddling in politics.
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE – Responses to reports that refugees detained by Australia on Nauru Island will be able to travel to Cambodia as soon as Monday, after a $40-million Australian-Cambodian agreement.
CAMBODIA
PHNOM PENH – The 40th anniversary of the fall of capital Phnom Penh to ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge regime in 1975.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA – Indonesia responds to Saudi Arabia’s execution of second national in one week.
ASIA
SPECIAL REPORT:
Nepal's struggle to strike balance between India, China
By Deepak Adhikari
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Sandwiched between India and China, Nepal, in recent years, has found itself being serenaded by its neighbors, but analysts question whether the Himalayan nation, mired in political instability, can capitalize on the newfound courtship.
