ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015:
TURKEY
ISTANBUL -- Turkish Economy Minister Zeybekci to meet with Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Economy Mostafa and attend the Palestine Business Forum in Istanbul.
EUROPE
GERMANY
MUNICH -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroschenko to have trilateral talks on the Ukraine crisis during the Munich Security Conference.
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
SARAJEVO -- There will be protests in the capital of Bosnia as well as Tuzla and Zenica cities on the anniversary of the Feb. 7 anti-government protests.
ASIA
CHINA
BEIJING -- Relatives of victims of TransAsia Airways Flight 235 to hold memorial ceremony near Taiwan’s Keelung River as death toll rises to 38.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA -- Indonesia’s search-and-rescue agency confirms the cockpit of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 has been discovered with two pilots' bodies strapped to their seats.
SPECIAL REPORTS
U.S. interest in security spending worries Afghans
By Shadi Khan Saif
KABUL -- A U.S. authority's request for information on Afghan defense funding worries some Afghans who believe the U.S. could claim ineffective funding as a reason to extend the stay of foreign troops.
Pakistanis worry schools face rising risks of attack
By Sardar Hussain
PESHAWAR -- Pakistani parents fear increasing threats to security of schools after a Taliban attack killed more than 100 people in December in Peshawar city.
YEMEN
SANAA – Follow up on developments related to Houthi rebels who seized power in Yemen.
