Diary

Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover Friday, July 3, 2015:



The Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline will have significant effect on economies involved, SOCAR Turkey CEO Kenan Yavuz told Anadolu Agency in an interview on Friday. It will also have a significant role in the energy policies of the EU.



 Alganesh Alemayehu and Amina Kedir sit on the streets of Addis Ababa fanning small charcoal furnaces on which they grill cobs of corn that they sell to hungry passersby.



 



SOUTH ASIA



AFGHANISTAN



KABUL - This week's attack on foreign troops in the Afghan capital Kabul exposed lingering anger among many Afghans at their continuing presence in the country, with reports that locals pelted stones at soldiers in the explosion's aftermath.



 



SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC



CHINA



BEIJING - At least two people killed after magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.



SOUTH KOREA



SEOUL - Four dead, two missing after storage tank containing waste explodes at chemical plant in coastal southern city of Ulsan.



CAMBODIA



PHNOM PENH - Frontline Defenders rights group calls on Cambodian court to drop defamation charges against leading human rights advocate after he spoke out against a land dispute. - Ankara