ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk plans to cover Monday, June 29, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - Turkish President Erdogan to meet with National Security Council members and host them for iftar meal.
ANKARA - Turkish PM Davutoglu to hold separate meetings with parliament speaker candidates from the Nationalist Movement Party and pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Branded products gain popularity in Turkey: expert
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA - While the Turkish market for products and services is still fragmented, Turkish consumers are learning to like major brands, Muhterem Ilguner, chief of an Istanbul-based company Brand Finance, told Anadolu Agency.
EUROPE
GERMANY
BERLIN – German Chancellor Merkel meets coalition partners and leaders of opposition parties to discuss its response to the worsening Greek debt crisis.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA - The UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict to present its report at the UN Human Rights Council.
GENEVA - A general debate on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories to be held at the UN Human Rights Council.
GENEVA - The Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations in Geneva to hold press conference about the UN report on Gaza 2014 conflict.
Special Report
Greeks are angry about closed banks
By Magda Panaotsopoulou
ATHENS - Greeks are angry about closed banks as the weekend referendum will shape country's future.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
SPECIAL REPORTS:
Corn on the cob, a seasonal outdoors treat for Ethiopians
By Abebech Tamene
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Alganesh, an older woman in her 60s, sits in a corner of a bustling street in Addis Ababa, fanning two small charcoal furnaces on which she is cooking corn on the cob. Roasted or poached corn is a favorite for Ethiopians, especially throughout the rainy season, which lasts from June to August.
Kenyan Muslims see Ramadan as ray of hope
By Magdalene Mukami
NAIROBI, Kenya - For the past two Fridays since Ramadan started, thousands of Muslims have filled the Jamia Masjid, Kenya’s largest mosque, in Nairobi’s central business district.
SOUTH EAST ASIA & PACIFIC
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – United Nations set to open a field office to address human rights situation in North Korea.
TAIWAN
BEIJING - Explosion at a water park claims a first victim as 498 injured people remain in hospital with 202 in serious condition.
CHINA
BEIJING – Officials from 57 member states of China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank gather at a ceremony to sign articles of agreement on institution’s structure and initial capital.
SOUTH ASIA
SPECIAL REPORT:
Tech turns Indian villagers into citizen journalists
By Shuriah Niazi
BHOPAL, India - A technology start up is helping villagers in central India report on their own problems.
