ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover on Friday, March 6, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - Funeral ceremony of two Turkish pilots who died Thursday after jet crash in Ankara. Turkey’s Parliament Speaker Cicek, Deputy Prime Minister Arinc and Turkey's Chief of Staff, General Ozel will participate in the funeral ceremony.
ISTANBUL - Coverage of high-level G20 and OECD anti-corruption conference in Istanbul.
ISTANBUL - Turkish justice minister to speak at women's rights meeting in Istanbul, amid nationwide debate over domestic and sexual violence in Turkey.
TBILISI - Turkey’s Economy Minister Zeybekci to attend fourth Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey trilateral business forums in Georgian capital Tbilisi.
EUROPE
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - An informal meeting with EU foreign ministers will take place in Riga.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK - Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu to address UN General Assembly on gender equality and empowerment of women.
SE ASIA-ASIA PACIFIC
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – South Korean who attacked U.S. ambassador faces multiple charges, including attempted murder.
CHINA
BEIJING - Nine civilians injured in knife attack at railway station in southern Guangzhou.
MYANMAR
YANGON – Police make at least five more arrests during third day of crackdown on protests against new education law.
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE – Foreign Minister Julie Bishop set to meet Indonesian ambassador after Department of Foreign Affairs lodges complaint over photos of police chief posing with Australians on death row.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
GHANA
ACCRA - Ghana will celebrate 58 years of independence from Britain. Usually, heads of states from several African countries converge on Accra to mark the occasion.
SPECIAL REPORTS
'Sudan' threatens existence of northern white rhino (photos & video)
By Magdalene Mukami
NANYUKI, Kenya (AA) – Sudan, 40, cannot get any of his two female northern white rhinos pregnant. But that could soon mean the end of the entire species.
Malawi's taste for imports hurting economy (photos)
By Moses Michael-Phiri
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AA) – A growing appetite for imported foreign products among Malawian consumers is raising concerns about the trend's possible impact on the national economy.
