ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency's English News Desk is planning to cover on Saturday, May 9, 2015:
TURKEY
ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and EU Minister Volkan Bozkir to attend ‘Turkey’s 50th Year: A Milestone in Relations with the EU,’ held by Economic Development Foundation
ANKARA - Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to address election rallies in Hatay and Mersin provinces
ISTANBUL - Davutoglu to attend 25th anniversary of foundation of Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association
ANKARA - Opposition leaders, including Nationalist Movement Party, Republican People's Party and Peoples' Democratic Party, address election rallies across Turkey
EUROPE
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – Celebrations of 70th anniversary of World War II victory in Red Square. More than 20 foreign dignitaries to attend
SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – North Korea claims to have successfully test-fired strategic ballistic missile from submarine
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE - Police charge teenager after allegedly thwarting bomb attacks in Melbourne
THAILAND
BANGKOK - Mayor questioned over alleged involvement in human trafficking following discovery of mass graves