ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover Wednesday, March 18, 2015:
TURKEY
CANAKKALE – Martyrs' Memorial Day and the 100th anniversary of the Canakkale Victory. Several programs are being held to commemorate Turkey's Martyrs' Memorial Day and the 100th anniversary of the Canakkale naval victory. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will participate in a special program in Canakkale, western Turkey, and visit the Martyrs Monument.
AA will also provide coverage of events from today's ceremonies and interviews with those attending.
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs Elmar Brok.
ANKARA – Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin Akdogan gives an exclusive interview to The Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ desk.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkish defense sector pushing drone technology
By Tuncay Kayaoglu
ISTANTUL (AA) – Over the last decade Turkey has moved to supply its own armed forces domestically; now the country is eyeing drone development.
Ukraine expects 'good results' during Erdogan's visit
By Diyar Guldogan
ANKARA (AA) – Ukraine hopes to achieve good results during President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Ukraine on March 20, the country's ambassador to Turkey tells The Anadolu Agency.
EUROPE
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS – French Prime Minister Manuel Valls meets with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels.
SWITZERLAND
LAUSANNE – Nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 group resumes in Lausanne.
GENEVA – Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar holds a press conference after presenting her first report to the UN Human Rights Council.
FRANCE
PARIS – Paris Criminal Court delivers verdict in the case of controversial French comedian Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala charged of "advocating terrorism” over Facebook comments over the Charlie Hebdo attacks.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Germany hosts a working group meeting of the Global Coalition to Counter Daesh. General John Allen, U.S. President Barack Obama’s special envoy, will attend the meeting.
FRANKFURT – Blockupy movement protests EU’s austerity measures on the day the European Central Bank headquarters open in the city.
UNITED STATES
SPECIAL REPORT
UN Security Council action on Syria exposes its failings
By Mustafa Caglayan
NEW YORK (AA) – How many lives would have been saved had it not been for the UN Security Council's ineffectiveness on Syria and its members' placing of national interests ahead of stopping mass atrocities? As the Syrian civil war is entering a fifth year this month, the question resonates arguably more deeply than ever.
The story presents a list of previously vetoed and adopted Security Council resolutions on Syria.
MIDLE EAST AND AFRICA
ISRAEL
TEL AVIV – Follow-up of Tuesday's Israeli parliamentary elections. After counting 100 percent of votes, media reports say that Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party has won 30 seats in Israel's Knesset and the Zionist Union, which is led by Isaac Herzog, came in second position with 24 seats.
SOUTH SUDAN
JUBA – President Kiir holds a public rally in Juba concerning the crisis in the country.
NIGERIA – Court hears a lawsuit seeking disqualification of opposition presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari.
SPECIAL REPORTS
Training Ghana's Black Stars
By Umaru Sanda Amadu
SOGAKOPE, Ghana (AA) – Almost all children in Ghana dream of one day joining the country's national football squad, the Black Stars.But Osman Smiley, a 13-year-old from Mampong, a town in eastern Ghana, hopes that joining the West African Football Academy will bring him closer to achieving that dream.
Malawi flood survivors slowly pick up their lives
By Moses Michael-Phiri
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AA) – Life is no longer the same for Tally Losha. Returning to his flood-battered area, the head teacher found his home destroyed and his classrooms filled with mud.
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
INDONESIA
JAKARTA – Hunt for AirAsia bodies officially ended.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – South Korean businessmen visit joint North-South industrial zone to smooth over wage row.
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE – U.S. banker charged over $1.5 million bribery case
VIETNAM
HANOI – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu separately meets with Vietnam’s Deputy PM and FM Pham Binh Minh plus President Truong Tan Sang.
SOUTH ASIA
NEPAL
KATHMANDU – A local Nepalese startup has partnered with Google to build its “Street View” service on the slopes of Mount Everest.
BANGLADESH
DHAKA – Concern is growing in Bangladesh over the whereabouts of a senior opposition politician. His family say he was arrested last week but the government is claiming they do not know where he is.
