ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency's English News Desk is planning to cover on Monday, May 11, 2015:
TURKEY
ISTANBUL - Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to attend Turkish Exporters' Assembly
ISTANBUL - Davutoglu to receive Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias
ANKARA - Family and Social Policies Minister Aysenur Islam to visit nursing and rehabilitation center with Turkish actress Hulya Kocyigit as part of First International Family Film Festival
SPECIAL REPORT: Rising Chinese steel imports hurt Turkish market
By Bahattin Gonultas
ANKARA (AA) – Imports from China surged by 284 percent during the first quarter of 2015 to more than half a million tons.
AMERICAS
US
NEW YORK - EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to brief UN Security Council on Mediterranean migrant deaths
EUROPE
GERMANY
BERLIN - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s official visit to Berlin, marking 50 years of diplomatic ties between Israel and Germany
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - Tax Rulings Committee public hearing on ‘Lux Leaks’ into secret tax structures in Luxembourg
BRUSSELS - Foreign Affairs Committee vote on Turkey's reform progress in 2014
BRUSSELS – Visit of Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
LIBERIA
MONROVIA - National thanksgiving service to mark eradication of Ebola
SPECIAL REPORT: Nigeria's poor power supply creates novel business
By Rafiu Ajakaye
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – Jobless Nigerians are setting up mobile phone-charging centers – a lucrative business thanks to the country's erratic power supply.
SPECIAL REPORT: South Africa’s first black opposition leader to challenge ANC
By Hassan Isilow
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – The election of a young black politician as leader of South Africa's main opposition party will help win support among the black majority and challenge the African National Congress, which has ruled since the end of apartheid.
SOUTH ASIA
INDIA
MUMBAI, India - Regional High Court rules on corruption case of Jayalalithaa, popular former chief minister of Tamil Nadu
BANGLADESH
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Students call strike after police attacks on protesters demanding investigation into sexual harassment
SPECIAL REPORT: Nepal’s domestic slaves rebuild their lives
By Deepak Adhikari
DANG, Nepal (AA) – As the fight against domestic slavery in Nepal continues, freed women try to rebuild their lives.
SOUTHEAST ASIA & PACIFIC
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL - South Korea warns of ‘merciless’ response to North’s provocation following missile tests
PHILIPPINES
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Two dead as typhoon strikes Philippines
INDONESIA
JAKARTA - Authorities move Rohingya refugees to temporary accommodation after arrival in Aceh
