Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Tuesday, June 7, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair security meeting in Turkish capital.

ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Pedro Agramunt in Cankaya Palace.

ISTANBUL – Istanbul Chamber of Industry will announce Turkey’s top 500 companies.

SPECIAL REPORT

Istanbul's shoe shiners hold on despite falling sales

By Ilgin Karlidag

ISTANBUL (AA) – Can Caglayan was only 10 years old when he grabbed a shoeshine kit and began working in the teeming streets of Istanbul to support his divorced mother.

EUROPE

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA – President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Mustafa Akinci to meet with Special UN Cyprus Envoy Espen Barth Eide.

GERMANY

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. The visit comes amid tensions between Berlin and Ankara over German parliament’s Armenian ‘genocide’ resolution.

AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORTS

ZAMBIA

Zambian tribal chiefs fighting against child marriage

By Francis Maingaila

LUSAKA, Zambia (AA) – A disconnect between statutory law and tribal customs which has been blamed for the prevalence of forced marriages in Zambia is now being challenged by some tribal chiefs who are banning the practice.

SOUTH AFRICA

SA Muslims’ Ramadan traditions reveal rift between generations

By Shu’eib Hassen

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AA) – Monday’s sunset formed silhouettes of local Muslims congregating anxiously on Cape Town’s shores for the new moon to commence Ramadan in South Africa.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH – Jailer of Phnom Penh's notorious S-21 Khmer Rouge prison -- currently serving a life sentence after being convicted of crimes against humanity — set to testify at Khmer Rouge tribunal against former leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan.

PHILIPPINES

ZAMBOANGA – Member of country's biggest organization of Muslim professionals hails incoming president as someone who understands Moro problems in Muslim south.