ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk is planning to cover Wednesday, June 3, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - International funds transfer specialist Transferwise halts payments from Turkey.
BURSA – Turkish league champions Galatasaray meets Bursaspor in Turkish Cup final. The match at Bursa Ataturk Stadium kicks off at 8.30 p.m., local time (1730GMT).
EUROPE
GERMANY
BERLIN - Egyptian President Sisi pays official visit to Germany, will meet with President Gauck, Chancellor Merkel and FM Steinmeier.
BERLIN - Human rights groups to rally in Berlin to protest Sisi's visit and call on German government to pressure Egyptian leadership to end to human rights violations.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - Melinda Gates of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation meets with Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini in Brussels.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK- UN Security Council holds closed consultations on Syria.
MIDLE EAST AND AFRICA
NIGERIA
LAGOS - Nigeria's President Buhari to visit Niger and Chad - main item on agenda is Boko Haram crisis.
ABUJA - Amnesty International to release report on alleged crimes against humanity committed by Boko Haram and government security agencies.
SUDAN
KHARTOUM - Opposition groups react to President Bashir's speech after Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony where he vowed to pardon rebels.
SOUTH AFRICA
CAPE TOWN - 25th World Economic Forum on Africa will take place in South Africa from June 3-5. Event, which is expected to bring together several African and world leaders, to be largest ever in Africa.
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's sports minister to address media on bribe allegations surrounding 2010 FIFA World Cup.
SOUTH ASIA
SPECIAL REPORT
- Kashmir a mobile blackspot as militants pressure providers.
SRINAGAR – Mobile providers are pulling out of Kashmir after a series of attacks from militants who say the mobile phones are used for intelligence gathering.
- Afghanistan economy weak and vulnerable: Economists
by Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA (AA) - Political and security uncertainties and fiscal and banking vulnerabilities are dogging the Afghanistan economy, according to economists.
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
CAMBODIA
PHNOM PENH -Cambodia awaits arrival of first of Australia's unwanted refugees.
MYANMAR
YANGON - Myanmar escorting boat crammed with migrants to 'safe¹ area.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA - Indonesia set to hear final death row appeal of Frenchman Serge Atlaoui originally scheduled to be shot by firing squad with eight others.
CHINA
BEIJNG - Over 430 people still missing after boat sank on China's Yangtze River with more than 450 people on board.
