ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover Monday, Feb. 23, 2015:
TURKEY
ISTANBUL -- Economy Minister Zeybekci to attend the U.K.-Turkey Joint Economic and Trade Committee meeting.
ANKARA -- Prime Minister Davutoglu to deliver a speech ahead of his departure to Hungary.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Brains and muscle: Dubai giant Abraaj joins with Turkish Hepsiburada
By Andrew Rosenbaum
ANKARA -- The Dubai-based private equity giant Abraaj has put $400 million into Turkish net wizard Hepsiburada.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK -- UN Security Council to debate maintenance of peace and security that will be attended by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov.
EUROPE
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS -- The first debate on the proposed EU fund for strategic investments, a part of the “Juncker plan” that unlocks public and private investments, will be held at the meetings of committees on economic affairs and budgets.
BRUSSELS -- The parliamentary review of the progress achieved in the talks with the U.S. on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement to continue.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA -- U.S. Secretary of State Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif to continue talks on Tehran's nuclear program.
GERMANY
BERLIN -- German reactions to the EU’s new bailout deal with Greece.
BERLIN -- EU Commissioner for Trade Malmstrom to visit Berlin for talks on negotiations between the EU and U.S. on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement.
SOUTH EAST ASIA-ASIA PACIFIC
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE – Prime Minister says Australia to toughen citizenship laws and tackle those inciting hatred under new measures targeting domestic extremists.
THAILAND
BANGKOK -- Two Thai students get more than two years in jail for drama deemed “damaging for the monarchy.”
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL -- South Korea summons Japanese envoy to protest latest claim to Seoul-controlled Dokdo islands.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
TANZANIA
DODOMA -- Voters to now use biometric voter-registration system.
JORDAN – Kuwait’s emir begins his visit to Jordan
SPECIAL REPORTS:
Prophetic churches feed on Zimbabweans' hardships
By John Cassim
HARARE – Recent years have seen a marked rise in the number of so-called prophetic churches in Zimbabwe, with many linking the trend to cash-strapped citizens who seek shortcuts for their hardships.
Liberia to help Guinea, Sierra Leone defeat Ebola
By Evelyn T. Kpadeh
MONROVIA - Liberia has promised to help fellow Manor River Basin countries Guinea, Sierra Leone defeat the deadly Ebola virus within 90 days.
