ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk plans to cover Monday, June 22, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - PM Ahmet Davutoglu to chair cabinet meeting.
SPECIAL REPORT
-Endless sorrows of lasting conflict in Syria
By Nilay Kar
SANLIURFA (AA) - Ongoing conflicts in Syria revive the sorrow of separated families in Turkey.
EUROPE
EU
BRUSSELS - Eurozone finance ministers gather in Brussels for a summit to reach a deal on Greece's bailout negotiations.
SPECIAL REPORT
-Creditors welcome new Greek proposals
By Magda Panaotsopoulou and Andrew Rosenbaum
ATHENS / ANKARA (AA) - Last minute progress is seen in the Greek bailout talks, as EU officials and institutional creditors welcomed new proposals from Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
SOUTH ASIA
PAKISTAN
KARACHI - Rising concern in Pakistan after more than 100 people die in heat wave, compounded by power cuts limiting access to electricity and water.
SOUTH EAST ASIA & PACIFIC
THAILAND
BANGKOK -- Public Health Ministry and airport authorities prepare preventative measures against spread of MERS as more than 10,000 Thai Muslims are set to travel to Saudi Arabia for Hajj in September.
MYANMAR
YANGON – Information ministry files another suit against 17 journalists being tried for defamation, claiming their coverage of trial could impair the judiciary’s independence in a move critics say aims at silencing the media.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – President Park Geun-hye sends message to Japan, via visiting foreign minister, of hopes to resolve issues between two countries.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
SPECIAL REPORTS
-Ethiopia enjoys unique place in Islamic world
By Addis Getachew
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - The first companions of Prophet Muhammad came to Ethiopia and Islamic texts mention the country as a place of justice and refuge, Ethiopian scholar says.
-Kenya Maasai warriors drop spears, pick cricket bats to save rhinos
By Andrew Ross
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) - The 11 Maasai warriors are not here to hunt wild animals as they usually do. In fact, they are standing in an open flat field to play cricket in an effort to save the endangered northern white rhinos.
