ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Wednesday, July 13, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim attends provincial heads’ meeting at Justice and Development (AK) Party's HQ.
GREECE
SPECIAL REPORT: Greece: Effect of Greece's capital controls one year on
By Magda Panoutsopoulou
ATHENS (AA) – A year has passed since the imposition of capital controls that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras hoped would end austerity and “bring back dignity to the Greek people”.
FRANCE
PARIS – French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault meets Tunisian counterpart Khemaies Jhinaoui for talks.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen to present new strategy document for German armed forces.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama convenes meeting of civil rights activists, faith groups, law enforcement and elected leaders after police- and race-related shootings.
WASHINGTON – CIA Director John Brennan and retired Marine Corps general John Allen to discuss CIA strategy regarding emergent threats.
SOUTH AFRICA
CAPE TOWN – Demonstrations in Cape Town at U.S. consulate in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter campaign.
CHINA
BEIJING – China accuses Philippines of having “deliberately mischaracterized” South China Sea issue in a white paper published after Hague ruling that Beijing's claim to areas of the sea has no basis.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – South Korea claims to be ready to hit North Korea with “strong retaliation” if Pyongyang goes ahead with threat of physical response to new missile defense system.
MYANMAR
YANGON – Powerful army chief to warn military personnel of need to avoid religious extremism during a visit to western Rakhine State. Communal violence there between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya since 2012 has left dozens dead and around 100,000 people displaced.