ANKARA
Here are the main stories The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014.
TURKEY
1. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with head of National Intelligence Organization, and separately with Peter Szijjarto, Hungarian minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
2. Turkey’s chief EU negotiator meets in Ankara with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
3. Turkish foreign minister holds talks in Wellington, New Zealand.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON
1. U.S. officials, including Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, testify before Congress on administration's strategy to combat ISIL.
2. Ret. Gen. James Cartwright testifies before Congress on risk of conflicts in China, Russia, North Korea, Iran.
4. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen speaks at Global Research Forum on International Macroeconomics and Finance.
EUROPE
FRANCE
1. French Foreign Minister Fabius receives Italian counterpart Gentiloni. Expect joint press conference at 2:30 p.m. local time (1330GMT).
2. French President Hollande meets Belgian prime minister at 2 p.m. local time (1300GMT). No press conference but Elysee expected to issue statement.
3. ESA to give updates on Philae at 14:00 local time (1300GMT).
4. OECD issues harmonized unemployment rates.
GERMANY
1. OSCE's anti-Semitism conference in Berlin
SWITZERLAND
1. UN Committee Against Torture continues review of U.S. regarding Guantanamo and black teen slain by police in Ferguson, Missouri.
U.K.
1. World's tallest man, Sultan Kosen, appears in London and meets world's shortest man, Chandra Bahadur Dangi.
2. Amal Elwahabi, convicted of funding terrorism under controversial anti-terrorism law, expected to be sentenced.
UKRAINE
1. Developments in eastern Ukraine following claim by top NATO general that Russian troops entered the area.
BELGIUM
1. EU Parliament expected to announce resolution of Turkey-Cyprus gas row in Mediterranean.
SERBIA
1. Vojislav Seselj, politician awaiting verdict in war crimes case, holds press conferance.
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
1. Feature on Serb member of Bosnia's triparte presidency, who speaks to AA evaluating elections and declaring readiness to form a government.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
JORDAN
1. U.S. Secretary of State Kerry expected to meet with Abbas
SAUDI ARABIA
1. Covering visit of Libyan prime minister
MOROCCO
1. Tunisian PM to visit Rabat
NIGERIA
1. State of emergency in Boko Haram-ravaged northeastern region expires.
2. Opposition chieftains meet contenders for party's presidential nomination ahead of primaries.
GAZA
1. Hamas rally in Rafah; military commander expected to speak
SPECIAL REPORTS
- Ebola hits Sierra Leone's Freetown in pocket
By Cinnatus Dumbuya
FREETOWN (AA) – The outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has taken a toll on revenue-collecting in the West African nation of Sierra Leone, especially the capital, Freetown.
- Malawi currency decline sends prices skyrocketing
By Moses Michael-Phiri
BLANTYRE (AA) – The continuing depreciation of the kwacha, Malawi's national currency relative to the U.S. dollar has sent the prices of some consumer goods and services skyrocketing.
ASIA PACIFIC
HONG KONG
1. Court refuses to hear appeal by democracy protesters against injunctions to clear some areas they are occupying. (MOVED).
YANGON
1. U.S. President Obama holds talks with Myanmar counterpart, Thein Sein, hours after accusing government of backsliding on reforms.
BANGKOK
1. Thai human rights commission investigating escape of more than 100 suspected Muslim Uyghur women from social shelters.
PHNOM PENH
1. Cambodia again ranks as one of the most corrupt countries in the world, with release of global anti-bribery association TRACE’s bribery risk index.
SEOUL
1. Looking at lengths to which South Korea goes, including grounding planes, to provide quiet Thursday for students taking annual entrance tests to decide their futures.
TOKYO
1. More than half of those who died when Japanese volcano Mount Ontake erupted last month were found clutching cellphones, after succumbing to poisonous gases moments after taking photographs of the catastrophic event.
ZAMBOANGA
1. Philippines military attempt to hunt down Abu Sayyaf groups amid explosions, stabbings, beheadings etc… (ON MERITS)
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