ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA – Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to attend meeting to discuss Kurdish “solution process” with Turkish ministers and officials.
ANKARA – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend trilateral meeting of the foreign affairs ministers of Turkmenistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan in Turkmenistan.
ANKARA – Turkish Minister of Customs and Trade Nurettin Canikli to hold talks in Georgia.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK – NASA to launch Soil Moisture Active Passive spacecraft to track Earth's water levels.
SPECIAL REPORT:
American Muslims: free speech should respect faith
By Kasim Ileri
WASHINGTON (AA) - Freedom of speech and its limits should be balanced with respect to moral values to prevent alienation of a group and the rise of radicalism, American Muslim leaders say.
EUROPE
BERLIN – German parliament to vote on the extension of the deployment of Patriot missiles in Turkey against possible threats from Syria.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – Adoption of report for Turkey whose Universal Periodic Review on human rights took place earlier this week. Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc to attend session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
SPECIAL REPORTS:
MSF scales down Ebola operation in Liberia
By Evelyn T. Kpadeh
MONROVIA (AA) – Global medical charity Doctors Without Borders, MSF, has begun scaling down its Ebola operations in Liberia, citing a significant decrease in infection cases.
No schooling in N. Kenya as insecurity keeps teachers away
By Yassin Juma
NAIROBI (AA) – Learning in three counties in northeastern Kenya has been paralyzed – affecting thousands of pupils – after many teachers declined to return to the region following the killing of 23 of their colleagues by the Somali militant group al-Shabaab.
SE ASIA-ASIA PACIFIC DIARY
JAPAN
TOKYO – Japanese officials trying to verify authenticity of new audio recording of journalist Kenji Goto apparently saying ISIL will kill Jordanian pilot unless Jordan releases Iraqi woman on death row.
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE – Inquest into December’s Sydney siege hears how two hostages lost their lives.
PHILIPPINES
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Reactions to the threat faced by the peace process in the southern Philippines following fatal battle between police and former rebels
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – Military planning to draft new code of conduct on interactions between male and female service personnel following extensive probe, interviews with female non-commissioned officers.
NEPAL
KATHMANDU – Nepali activists use social media to mock politicians with #SmashChairChallenge campaign after a chair-throwing fight in parliament meant a deadline for the delivery of the country’s constitution was missed last week.
PAKISTAN
SPECIAL REPORT:
The women teachers turning to guns in Pakistan.
By Sardar Hussain
PESHAWAR – Female teachers at a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar have asked for firearm training in the aftermath of an attack that killed more than 150 people at a Peshawar school in December.
