Diary

Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover on Thursday, April 2, 2015:



 



TURKEY



ANKARA -- Minister of National Education Avci to attend The Anadolu Agency Editor's Desk.



ISTANBUL -- Ongoing operations in the aftermath of hostage situation in Istanbul Tuesday in which Turkish prosecutor lost his life. 



ISTANBUL -- Reactions to Wednesday's armed assault on Istanbul police department.



 



EUROPE



MOLDOVA



CHISINAU -- Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu to meet Moldovan counterpart Gherman, followed by joint press conference. Cavusoglu also set to meet PM Gaburici and President Timofti.



GERMANY 



BERLIN -- Developments in Germanwings crash investigation.



UNITED STATES



WASHINGTON -- U.S. to continue talks in Lausanne, Switzerland with world powers and Iran for second day of extended negotiations aimed at brokering political framework agreement. 



NEW YORK -- Jordan's UN envoy holds press conference on Security Council program of action as Jordan assumes council's rotating presidency for April.



NEW YORK -- "Car of the year" set to be announced at New York International Auto Show.



 



From the chants of Sai Baba (all hail the respected man) and Mai Gaskiya (a Hausa term that can be roughly translated as "honest man") in the north to the back-clapping and joyous handshakes in much of the southern region, Nigerians are evidently savoring the victory of Muhammadu Buhari at the Saturday's presidential ballot.



Malawi's tobacco markets will open on April 8 after long delays due to the late onset of the rainy season and recent flooding, with a Chinese company poised to make its debut in the local industry.



Displaced Christians from North Waziristan long for the comfort of home after nine months in shelter camps.



 Two months after a missed deadline for delivering the Nepali constitution, political parties are still unable to agree on a way forward.



 



SE ASIA-PACIFIC



THAILAND



BANGKOK -- Four powerful remote-controlled bombs rock Thailand's Muslim majority south, injuring one villager. 



BANGKOK -- Inquiry into killing of four suspected insurgents in Muslim south suspended and moved to military barracks over security concerns after relatives and locals don't show up.



HONG KONG



HONG KONG -- Case against British banker charged with murdering two Indonesian women adjourned until May 8. 



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