Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk plans to cover Thursday, June 18, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Qatar's Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohammad al-Attiyah.
ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu set to meet with Erdogan.
ANKARA - Erdogan to chair security meeting at Presidential Palace.
ANKARA - Turkish political parties with representation in parliament discuss possible governing coalitions with their grassroots.
SPECIAL REPORTS:
Returns and arrivals: life on Turkey’s Syrian border
By Nilay Onum Kar
AKCAKALE, Sanliurfa, Turkey (AA) - "There is no electricity, no water and no life there. I will wait for a while before returning to my town." So, says fifty-five-year-old Syrian man Halil Mohammed, a farmer who entered Turkey along with his 12 children five days ago.
Mohammed is just one of the thousands of people who fled the battle which raged in his home city of Tal Abyad, just across the nearby border.
US: Bondholders hold up gunmaker Colt
By Andrew J. Rosenbaum
- Famed weapons manufacturer, in bankruptcy proceedings, faces heated opposition on its debt-transfer proposal
ANKARA (AA) – Colt, the famed manufacturer of the pistols that tamed the American West, is stuck in bankruptcy proceedings as its bondholders take aim at its restructuring proposals.
Climate change challenges Muslims in Ramadan
By Kaamil Ahmed
VARIOUS BUREAUX (AA) — Millions of Muslims in developing countries are going into Ramadan with added challenges created by climate change. Muslims from Bangladesh, Egypt, Palestine, Nigeria and Indonesia tell Anadolu Agency about how climate change has created new difficulties they must adapt to this Ramadan.
EUROPE
EUROPEAN UNION
- Eurogroup ministers will gather in Luxembourg to discuss Greek debt negotiations.
- European Parliament President Martin Schulz will visit London.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Greek bailout hangs by a thread as Eurogroup meets
- Athens and its creditors have come close to compromise; here are the sticking points
ANKARA (AA) – The Eurogroup meeting with the Greek government delegation in Luxembourg on Thursday is the last chance for compromise, as an agreement hangs by a thread.
SOUTH ASIA
PAKISTAN
KARACHI – Pakistani politics has been fired up after an opposition leader criticized the country’s powerful army, accusing it of overstepping its authority.
AMERICAS
SOUTH CAROLINA, US – Coverage of fatal shooting of nine people at a church in Charleston, South Carolina.
MARYLAND, US – Report on iftar -- the fast-breaking meal held during Ramadan -- and tarawih prayers at a mosque in Maryland.
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
HONG KONG
HONG KONG – Lawmakers’ debate on Beijing-backed election reform package enters second day as opponents and supporters of chief executive selection plan gather.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – Parliament approves Hwang Kyo-ahn, who served as justice minister, as premier following predecessor’s resignation over bribery scandal.
SEOUL – Death toll from MERS rises to 23.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA – Muslims begin observing holy month of Ramadan.
