ANKARA (AA) -- Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA -- Turkey’s Constitutional Court and Turkey’s Supreme Court hold elections as President of Constitutional Court Hasim Kilic and President of Supreme Court Ali Alkan will retire.
ANKARA -- Turkish parties represented in parliament, including ruling AK Party and opposition CHP, MHP and HDP parties, hold their weekly parliamentary group meetings.
ISTANBUL -- Economic coverage from Istanbul G20 finance ministers' meeting amid pressure on Turkish lira and reports that exports rose 2.6 percent in December 2014 year-on-year.
SPECIAL REPORT
- Airlines fighting against fear factor
Anadolu Agency looks at some reasons behind major air accidents following a spate of crashes which have rocked the aviation industry.
By Nilay Kar Onum
ISTANBUL (AA) -- Air travel is routinely described as “the safest way to travel” but this reputation has taken a battering after no less than four fatal incidents in less than a year.
LATIN AMERICA
COLOMBIA
BOGOTA -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet with his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos Calderon in capital Bogota, in first visit of a Turkish President to the country. Two presidents hold a press conference after the meeting between delegations and signing several agreements.
Erdogan speaks in the “2015, the longest year of the Ottoman Empire” Symposium, co-organized by the Bogota Externado University and Ankara University.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK -- UN hosts conference on "future of cities." Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas is scheduled to give a speech on urban challenges.
EUROPE
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS -- European Council discuss fight against terrorism, taking stock of actions undertaken so far and reflecting on way forward.
FRANCE
PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande to hold talks with Kurdish Regional Government President Massoud Barzani.
LILLE -- Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to take stand to be cross-examined over charges of "aggravated pimping in an organized group."
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
EGYPT
CAIRO -- Russian President Vladimir Putin holds second and last day of his visit to Egypt.
NIGERIA
ABUJA -- Court hears suit challenging Jonathan's eligibility to run for president after being sworn in twice as president.
UGANDA
KAMPALA -- Chinese vice premier due in Kampala for talks with president and prime minister.
GHANA
ACCRA -- West Africa clean energy conference kicks off. Ghana mulls renewable energy to address its energy crisis.
SPECIAL REPORTS
- Poaching threatens Zambia's endangered species, tourism
By Francis Maingaila
LUSAKA (AA) -- Poaching in Zambia's major national parks is not only threatening endangered species, but also the future of the country's tourism industry.
"Zambia does not have adequate stocks of big cats, such as leopards and lions," Tourism and Arts Minister Jean Kapata told The Anadolu Agency.
- Kenya's water insecurity problem (photos)
By Magdalene Mukami
NAIROBI (AA) -- For most people in Kenya, getting clean water is a daily struggle.
"Through the phenomenon of deforestation and degradation of water sheds, Kenya has diminished nature's capacity to provide quantities of water that it would have provided in the past," UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner told The Anadolu Agency.
SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC
MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR -- Anwar Ibrahim sodomy conviction upheld, jailed for five years.
HONG KONG
HONG KONG -- Woman convicted of assaulting Indonesian maid in case that highlighted abuse of domestic workers.
PHILIPPINES
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines -- 'Bomb plot against Pope' during Philippines visit last month.
