Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk will cover on Monday, June 15, 2015:

TURKEY

ANKARA - Prime Minister Davutoglu to preside over Council of Ministers meeting

Special report:

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

IMF: Still time for Greece to make a bailout deal

ANKARA (AA) - There is still time to work out a compromise that could save the Greek bailout, International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Olivier Blanchard says.

 

EUROPE 

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON

The International Energy Agency will unveil their "Energy and Climate Change" report in London with a press meeting.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Yemen talks will kick off at the U.N. office in Geneva. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will meet with Yemeni parties and G16 countries' representatives.

GREECE

ATHENS - U.N. Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide will visit Athens and hold a meeting with Greek FM Nikolaos Kotzias.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will meet with President of Burkina Faso Michel Kafando and former Finnish Prime Minister Paavo Tapio Lipponen in two separate meetings.

LATVIA

RIGA - EU justice ministers to convene

 

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA

Special reports:

Analysis: Israel closes probe into killing of four children on Gaza beach 

By Anees Barghouthy

RAMALLAH, Palestine - Palestinian law experts and human rights activists speak to Anadolu Agency about Israel's closure of an investigation involving four children who were killed by the Israeli army on Gaza's beach in 2014.

 

Satanism on the rise in Zimbabwean schools 

By John Cassim 

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) - Zimbabwean parents are concerned that cases of Satanism are on the rise, especially in boarding schools where children are away from home for long periods of time. 

 

SE ASIA-PACIFIC

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - North Korean soldier crosses border to South Korea, reportedly expressing will to defect

SEOUL - MERS death toll reaches 16, with total number of cases rising to 150

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE - Foreign Minister Julie Bishop responds to allegations that Australian officials paid people smugglers to turn back migrant boat by saying Indonesia must “enforce sovereignty over its borders”.

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH - Government criticizes Human Rights Watch for linking deceased ruling party president Chea Sim to Khmer Rouge abuses, warning group’s Asia director could be barred from entering Cambodia.