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İzmir in the mood for love

From creamy dantelles of the wedding gowns in the International Wedding Fair to alternative Saint Valentine celebrations, İzmir is in the mood for love as Valentine's Day approaches. 

Here are four reasons why it is worth celebrating love in the city founded by the Amazons:

US special forces deployed all around the globe (infographic)

US special operations command launched a raid in Yemen recently targeting the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula. It was the first high profile special forces attack under the Presidency of Donald Trump, which led to the death of 14 terrorists, 20 civilians and a navy seal soldier.

List of most ignorant countries in the world

A global study conduced by Ipsos Mori reveals which the most ignorant countries in the world are. The supposedly most ignorant places in the world have been named based on a survey of people’s knowledge about their own country. The 2016 “Index of Ignorance” includes information from 27,250 interviews of people aged 16 to 64 carried out between September and November.

Mass evacuation as rains strain tallest US dam

Almost 200,000 people were under evacuation orders in northern California on Feb. 13 after damage to the overflow channel of the tallest dam in the United States raised fears the spillway could collapse.

The reservoir of the Oroville Dam, located 120 kilometers north of the state capital Sacramento, had been completely full after several weeks of heavy rain.

Eurozone growth outlook raised despite 'exceptional risks'

Europe's economic recovery remains on track but vulnerable to the "exceptional risks" of Brexit and the new Donald Trump administration, the EU said on Feb. 13.

Brussels raised its growth forecasts for the eurozone through to 2018 but warned that the European Union as a whole was navigating "choppy waters."

'La La Land' takes five prizes at British academy awards

Glamour was shot through with grit at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) on Feb. 12.

Frothy musical "La La Land" took five prizes, including best picture, but major awards also went to tough welfare-state drama "I, Daniel Blake" and fractured-family stories "Lion" and "Manchester by the Sea."

UN chief: End to Syrian crisis will also end ISIS

In an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya’s sister channel Al-Hadath in Dubai on Monday, the UN Secretary General said a political solution to the Syrian crisis would lead to the end of ISIS.

Antonio Guterres said that the Syrian crisis was the hardest test of the United Nations’ impact on the world and that he sees no end to the refugee crisis in the immediate future.

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