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Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk will cover on Thursday, July 9, 2015.
TURKEY
ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Intelligence Chief Hakan Fidan, Chief of General Staff Necdet Ozel and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, separately, at presidential palace. Davutoglu will also meet separately with Ozel and Fidan at the prime ministry in Ankara.
EUROPE
CROATIA
DUBROVNIK – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend Croatia Forum 2015 in Dubrovnik.
FRANCE
STRASBOURG – European Parliament to hold commemoration of 20th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Political reactions to recent revelations by WikiLeaks showing that the NSA monitored prime ministers and other senior officials in Germany from the 1990s onwards.
AMERICAS
U.S.
WASHINGTON – Senate Armed Services Committee holds confirmation hearing for President Barack Obama's nominee to become the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford.
SPECIAL REPORT
US urges Kurdish rebels to allow refugees to return to Tal Abyad
By Kasim Ileri
PENTAGON (AA) – The Pentagon on Wednesday urged Kurdish rebels to fulfill their pledges to hand over the administration of northern Syrian cities they captured from Daesh to local committees and facilitate the return of refugees.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
SPECIAL REPORTS
With three new confirmed cases, Ebola officially returns to Liberia
By Evelyn Kpadeh
MONROVIA, Liberia (AA) – Liberia, one of the West African nations badly hit by Ebola, became the first country to be declared free of the deadly virus by the World Health Organization back in May, but now the disease has returned.
Nigerian refugees struggle to rebuild lives in Cameroon
By Anne Nzouankeu
MINAWAO, Cameroon (AA) – Many Nigerian refugees living in their southern neighbor Cameroon are facing difficulties in rebuilding their lives as they lack official identification documents.
UN: New goals for development
Carlos Lopez, executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, explains the UN's new Sustainable Development Goals
By Addis Getachew
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – The UN is phasing out its Millennium Development Goals and inaugurating more comprehensive ‘Sustainable Development Goals’.
SOUTH ASIA
SPECIAL REPORT
INDIA
India joining China-led bloc a sign of 'New Asia'
By Mubasshir Mushtaq
MUMBAI (AA) – Indian analysts welcome news that the country is to join the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization bloc, pointing out that new alliances are being forged around the world.
AFGHANISTAN
Afghan parliament's tussle for power with president
By Shadi Khan Saif
KABUL (AA) – The rejection of the first ever female Supreme Court judge nominee was just the latest of President Ashraf Ghani's important appointments rejected by parliament, where influential blocs hold sway.
SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC
THAILAND
BANGKOK – Thai gov't spokesman confirms 90 Uighur 'sent back' to China.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – South Korea denies reported defection by North Korean general.
SEOUL – Bank of Korea lowers growth forecast, freezes interest rate on various jitters.
CAMBODIA
PHNOM PENH – International Labour Organization says it has found “slight improvement” in compliance for decent working conditions across Cambodian factories it monitors – many of which provide clothes for leading Western fashion brands
