ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to host Turkish ambassadors over a luncheon in "The 7th Annual Ambassadors' Conference" on Tuesday at the Presidential Palace.
- Erdogan to meet separately with Thorbjorn Jagland, secretary general of the Council of Europe, Argentina's foreign minister, Hector Timerman, and UNESCO's Director-General, Irina Bokova.
ANKARA -- "The 7th Annual Ambassadors' Conference" to continue with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Minister for EU Affairs Volkan Bozkir.
- Cavusoglu to meet separately with Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders and U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- New Republican-controlled Congress to convene, posing likely challenge to Democrat President Barack Obama.
NEW YORK -- UN Security Council to discuss destruction of chemical weapons in Syria. UN disarmament chief Angela Kane expected to brief members.
NEW YORK -- Funeral for Mario Cuomo, three-time Democratic governor of New York State.
SPECIAL REPORTS
By Mustafa Caglayan
Palestinians mull new push at renewed Security Council resolution
NEW YORK -- New non-permanent members on UN's most powerful body may secure required number of votes for Palestinian resolution.
By Michael Hernandez
Republican Congress poised for showdown with Obama
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Lawmakers will be faced with an American public that has grown dismayed by congressional performance.
EUROPE
GERMANY
BERLIN -- A group of 50 prominent German politicians, artists and sports figures called for a strong stance against populist anti-Islam movement PEGIDA in a special coverage by daily Bild.
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE -- Muslims leaders react to Prime Minister Tony Abbott's visit to Iraq and possibility of further troop deployment in the Middle Eastern country.
PHILIPPINES
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Huge security operation underway as Pope's visit nears.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL -- Park Geun-Hye calls for North to act on talk proposals with South.
ASIA
INDIA
NEW DELHI -- Indian coal miners staging a five-day nationwide strike against a parliamentary bill for commercialization of the industry. Up to half a million miners expected to go on strike.
SPECIAL REPORTS
By Dilrukshi Handunnetti
SRI LANKA
COLOMBO -- The deep political divide in Sri Lanka has been highlighted ahead of Jan. 8 presidential elections. AA examines the geographic, political and ethnic fault lines.
NEPAL
By Michael Vurens van Es
KATHMANDU -- Nepal’s post-civil war constitution is scheduled to be delivered before the end of January but wrangling and disputes mean the deadline is unlikely to be met.
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
KUWAIT
KUWAIT CITY -- Follow visit of Egypt's Sisi.
TUNISIA
TUNIS -- Talks on forming new government.
SPECIAL REPORTS
- Zambia's new tax regime irks mining firms
By Francis Maingaila
LUSAKA (AA) -- A new tax regime for the mining sector – recently approved by the Zambian government – has drawn rebuke from mining firms amid fears that it will discourage fresh investment and lead to the scaling-down of planned projects.
- Zimbabweans turn to black market for hard-to-find antiretroviral drugs
By John Cassim
HARARE (AA) -- Zimbabwean hospitals are facing a shortage of life-saving HIV/AIDS antiretroviral drugs, commonly known as ARVs, placing the lives of nearly half a million people living with the virus at risk.
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