Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk is planning to cover on Saturday, June 6, 2015:

TURKEY

SPECIAL REPORT: Turkey votes in 25th general election

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun

ANKARA (AA) - More than 53 million Turkish voters head to the polls on Sunday in perhaps the country’s most eagerly awaited general election in a decade.

EUROPE

GERMANY

MUNICH - Protests ahead of upcoming G7 leaders’ summit.

BERLIN - Juventus and Barcelona meet in UEFA Champions League final. Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir to officiate. Kick off at 8.45 p.m. local time (1945GMT) 

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

SARAJEVO - Pope Francis on one-day official visit.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

CHINA

BEIJING - Death toll from capsized cruise ship in Yangtze River rises to 331 with more than 100 still missing.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR - 11 killed, 137 make it to safety after 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocks Mount Kinabalu.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - Number of people infected with MERS rises to 50.

JAPAN

TOKYO - Washington visit of Okinawa governor opposed to new U.S. airfield in stark contrast to welcome given to PM Shinzo Abe.