ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover Friday, Feb. 13, 2015:
TURKEY
ISTANBUL - Turkey’s chief EU negotiator Volkan Bozkir will meet with Germany's Minister of State Michael Roth in Istanbul.
SPECIAL REPORT
Growing old gracefully: Turkey's population shift
By Burcu Arik
- A fertility decline, improved longevity and a regression in the population growth rate... Turkey is facing the risk of having an aged population in the decades to come.
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkey’s population is getting older and experts are warning that the country needs to be ready to meet this coming challenge.
LATIN AMERICA
MEXICO
MEXICO CITY - Turkish President Erdogan speaks at Mexico's Diplomatic Academy, the Matías Romero Institute.
GUATEMALA
GUATEMALA CITY - Turkey's FM Cavusoglu attends First Forum of Ministers of Foreign Affairs between Turkey and Central American Integration System (SICA).
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON - President Obama to give a speech at the White House Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection Summit.
WASHINGTON - Muslim Friday prayer in front of the White House following the murder of three young Muslim Americans in the state of North Carolina.
NEW YORK - Celebrities to take part in basketball game as part of NBA All-Star weekend.
MIDDLE EAST & SOUTH AFRICA
UGANDA
KAMPALA - Dutch and Austrian governments to announce funding projects of human rights defenders in Uganda and Africa.
KENYA
NAIROBI - A suspect will be charged in connection with the murder of MP George Muchai.
SPECIAL REPORTS
Poverty on rise in South Africa
By Ahmet Sait Akcay and Rebecca Fasselt
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – Sluggish economic growth and a failure to work with the private sector are the driving forces behind rising poverty and unemployment in South Africa, once the continent's biggest economy.
"You can only deal with the issue of poverty if you have sizable economic growth," Koffi Kouakou, a senior lecturer in government communications and scenario planning at the University of the Witwatersrand's Wits School of Governance, told The Anadolu Agency in an interview.
Zimbabwe's dial-a-doctor stirs controversy
By John Cassim
HARARE (AA) – Zimbabweans have received with mixed feelings the launch of a new mobile service allowing citizens to get medical advice on their phones.
The new service, launched by Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, a leading mobile network provider with more than five million subscribers, will cost $0.70 per minute.
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
MYANMAR
YANGON - Nearly 50 soldiers killed in renewed fighting in northern Shan state.
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE - Abbott under fire over terror arrests and 'holocaust' comments.
MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR - First wave of Chinese MH370 relatives protest outside Malaysia Airlines office demanding answers.
SOUTH ASIA
SPECIAL REPORT
Nepal starts towards justice for civil war victims
By Michael Vurens van Es
KATHMANDU (AA) – Victims of Nepal’s decade-long civil war are hoping a Truth and Reconciliation process can deliver justice after several delayed attempts.
Afghans place faith in their upstart cricket team
By Shadi Khan Saif
KABUL – Afghanistan’s young and promising cricket team are hoping to cause some upsets in the Cricket World Cup starting Saturday.
