Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Tuesday, May 24, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's new chairman Binali Yildirim will meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is expected to form government.

ISTANBUL - Erdogan will hold a joint press meeting with UN’s Ban Ki-moon in Istanbul at World Humanitarian Summit closing ceremony.

EUROPE

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to hold a press conference about basic health care for 5.2 million Palestine refugees.

UK

LONDON - UK expat voters to make last-ditch attempt at the Supreme Court to be permitted to vote in next month’s EU membership referendum.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Merkel’s cabinet meets near Berlin for two days of discussions on government policies with special focus on digitalization and refugee policy.

AMERICAS

U.S.

WASHINGTON - Muslim Congressmen Keith Ellison and Andre Carson address anti-Muslim rhetoric on this year's presidential campaign trail.

AFRICA

KENYA

SPECIAL REPORT:

Kenyan youth fight unemployment with digital farming

By Magdalene Mukami

NAIROBI (AA) - Anadolu Agency caught up with 25-year-old Samuel Maina who graduated from a Kenyan university, but due to high unemployment, decided to become a digital farmer.

SOUTHEAST ASIA & THE PACIFIC

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR - Immigration systems at Malaysia's major entry airports thought to have been sabotaged by human trafficking syndicates to allow movement of illegal migrants in and out of country.

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra tours Thailand's Northeast to rally supporters ahead of referendum on constitution.

KOREAS

SEOUL – Seoul confirms escape of another group of overseas North Korean restaurant staff.