ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk plans to cover Wednesday, June 24, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Erdogan to meet with mukhtars, Turkey’s locally elected heads of villages and city neighborhoods, for iftar (breaking of fast) at presidential palace.
ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to release sectoral confidence indexes of June 2015.
SPECIAL REPORT:
-UFO sightings still unleash passions
By Burcu Arik
ISTANBUL (AA) - Sixty-eight years ago today, the phrase "flying saucer" gained widespread public attention and sightings have been rampant, even in Turkey.
EUROPE
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - NATO defense ministers gather in Brussels.
SOUTH ASIA
PAKISTAN
KARACHI - Provincial authorities in heat wave-hit southern Sindh province declare public holiday in attempt to soften blow of weather, which has killed more than 900.
NEPAL
KATHMANDU - Foreign leaders prepare to arrive for donor conference on Nepal earthquake aid.
SOUTH EAST ASIA & PACIFIC
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE - Government introduces to parliament a controversial bill under which dual nationals suspected of involvement in “terrorism” will be stripped of citizenship.
HONG KONG
HONG KONG - Last tents in area outside government headquarters where protesters had gathered for last year’s protests cleared.
THAILAND
BANGKOK - Four students arrested by police for gathering to commemorate anniversary of 1932 revolution against absolute monarchy.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
Special report:
-Fear grips Zimbabweans living with albinism
By John Cassim
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) - Sleeping on her hospital bed, weak and full of pain, 33-year-old Shylet Musindo is anxious. She is just waking up from a drug-induced deep sleep, after a long operation at Harare Hospital.
-Restoring peace in Nigeria's Middle Belt through technology
By Rafiu Ajakaye
LAGOS, Nigeria - At the heart of the seemingly intractable crisis in Nigeria's Middle Belt is the pervasive distrust between farmers and herdsmen.
Both sides trade accusations about damaging each other's economic lifeline, resulting in endless fights that have claimed thousands of lives and crippled businesses over the years.
