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Istanbul has been named one of the world's top future financial centers along with Singapore, Shanghai, Dubai and others in a fresh report. The Istanbul Financial Center project should however be improved further in line with successful rising examples, such as Dubai, according to experts. 

The Berlin International Film Festival, or the Berlinale, has always been hailed as one of the most socially conscious film festivals in the world. Last year's screening of "Fifty Shades of Grey" might have tarnished that image if this year was not one of the most politically-charged editions in the Berlinale's history.

Yahoo has begun shutting down some of its digital magazines as the struggling online pioneer's latest reorganization plan.

A replica of the world’s most famous “unsinkable” ship is under construction with its maiden voyage planned for 2018.

Incredible photos have emerged showing the amazing similarity of the new ship with the original, which struck an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage on April 15, 1912, killing 1503 people.

A suspected suicide bomber who blew a hole in the fuselage of a Daallo Airlines plane last week and forced it to make an emergency landing in Mogadishu was meant to be on a Turkish Airlines flight, the Daallo chief executive said on Feb. 8. 

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide revealed its plans for the construction of a stunning hotel which will feature a swimming pool on its roof.

The new hotel is to be set within the Palm Tower, a 52-storey building planned for Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah.

Dubai International Airport remained the world's busiest for international passengers in 2015 as traffic grew 10.7 percent, boosted by the addition of new airlines and routes, the airport's operator said on Feb. 1. 

Annual traffic rose to 78 million passengers from 70.5 million in 2014. In the month of December alone, traffic climbed 8.5 percent to 7.05 million people. 

Turkey's leading airport operator, TAV Airports, has plans to pursue new projects in South Asia and Iran, TAV's CEO Sani ?ener told state-run Anadolu Agency on Jan. 27.     

Sri Lanka's government on Jan. 26 destroyed its biggest ever illegal ivory haul in the first public crushing of poached tusks in South Asia, intended to send a stark message to smugglers.

The international trade in ivory has been banned in most of the world since 1989, but illegal smuggling persists in many parts of Asia where ivory is highly prized for medicinal and decorative uses.

Turkey's TAV Construction has been awarded the project to build a passenger terminal at Bahrain International Airport, which is undergoing a $1.1 billion upgrade, along with the Dubai-listed Arabtec. 

Located on a 220,000-square-meter area, the new terminal will increase airport capacity from 4 million to 14 million annually, said TAV in a written statement on Jan. 25.