ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk is planning to cover on Thursday, March 12, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA -- President Erdogan and Prime Minister Davutoglu to meet separately with Hungarian President Ader.
ANKARA -- Foreign Minister Cavusoglu to meet with High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentin Inzko.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Kerry to speak on climate change as world powers seek to combat global threat.
SPECIAL REPORT
Sanctions on Venezuela a shift in U.S. focus in Latin America
WASHINGTON (AA) -- Recently announced sanctions against Venezuelan officials indicate a shift in the focus of the U.S. against what it sees as quickly becoming its biggest adversary in the hemisphere.
EUROPE
FRANCE
PARIS -- Greek Prime Minister Tsipras and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria to hold joint press conference following discussions on Greece's reforms.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA -- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) Director General Rolf Heuer to hold press conference on Large Hadron Collider (LHC) re-start.
BELGIUM
BRUGGE -- Belgian club Brugge hosts Turkish team Besiktas in round of 16 phase in UEFA Europa League.
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL -- Bank of Korea cuts interest rates to record low.
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE -- Australia offering to pay keep for two nationals on death row in Indonesia – latest in long line of efforts to halt execution.
MELBOURNE -- Government trying to confirm if Australian teen among group of suicide bombers from Daesh that detonated in Iraq's Anbar province.
CAMBODIA
PHNOM PENH -- Alleged human rights abuses uncovered at Cambodian garment factories that supply H&M, Adidas, Marks & Spencer, Gap, and Armani.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA -- Ministry of foreign affairs to make statement on 16 Indonesians who disappeared after flying into country neighboring Syria (MERITS).
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
EGYPT
World leaders arrive for Egypt economic conference, scheduled for Friday.
SAUDI ARABIA
Gulf FMs meet to discuss crisis in Yemen.
ALGERIA
Arab interior ministers conclude two-day meeting on combatting terrorism.
MOROCCO
UN-broker Libya dialogue expected to kick off.
ETHIOPIA
UNSC delegation expected in Addis Ababa to discuss South Sudan peace talks crisis.
