ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk is planning to cover on Friday, March 27, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to meet with President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and to attend a Turkey-Tatarstan Economy and Trade Cooperation Forum in the capital, Kazan.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK - New York Turkish Film Festival starts.
EUROPE
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA - Nuclear negotiations between Iran and major global powers will continue in Lausanne, Switzerland.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Developments on the Germanwings crash in southern France.
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
THAILAND
BANGKOK - Thai court says that detention of suspected Uighur family not illegal, keeps them in custody without ruling on their nationality.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL - South Korea calls on North to release two of its nationals detained on espionage charges.
PHILIPPINES
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Government and one-time largest Muslim rebel group mark one-year anniversary of landmark peace agreement.
MYANMAR
YANGON - Demonstration in support of jailed students.
CAMBODIA
PHNOM PENH - Trial against 11 activists from Cambodia’s opposition party to start.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
SAUDI ARABIA / YEMEN
Follow-up of the ongoing military offensive against Houthi militants in Yemen.
EGYPT
CAIRO - Regional leaders arrive to attend Saturday's Arab League summit in Sharm El Sheikh.
LEBANON
BEIRUT - Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah expected to give announcement.
NIGERIA
ABUJA - Coverage of preparations for Saturday's general election.
ABUJA - Developments into ongoing military operations against Boko Haram in northern Nigeria.
SIERRA LEONE
FREETOWN - Country starts a three-day complete lockdown to fight Ebola.
SPECIAL REPORTS
Nigerian elections (factbox)
By Rafiu Ajakaye
ABUJA (AA) - Nigerians will go to the polls Saturday to elect a new president and parliament after the polls were delayed for six weeks for security reasons.
Sierra Leoneans divided over fresh Ebola lockdown
By Cinnatus Dumbuya
FREETOWN (AA) - As Sierra Leone starts a three-day lockdown as part of efforts to contain the Ebola virus, residents are divided over orders to stay home.
Should West compensate S. Africa for brain drain?
By Hassan Isilow
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – Developed countries that recruit doctors from African countries with high disease burdens should pay compensation to the governments that trained those doctors, a South African trade union has suggested.
