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Turkish cultural authorities have announced the creation of a classical music festival to promote Göbeklitepe, one of the world's most important archaeological sites on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, with performances set for Istanbul and the eastern province of ?anl?urfa. 

Students from the American University in Bulgaria (AUBG) are going on a tour around Bulgaria to perform an adapted version of the Broadway musical Catch Me If You Can with nine performances in five Bulgarian cities - Blagoevgrad, Sofia, Varna, Ruse and Plovdiv.

U.S. President Barack Obama chose the centrist judge Merrick Garland for a pivotal vacancy on the Supreme Court March 16, warning Republican foes their "unprecedented" refusal to consider his nominee threatens the integrity of U.S. institutions.

Obama tapped the 63-year-old judge to replace conservative stalwart Justice Antonin Scalia, who died unexpectedly on March 13.

If elected president, Donald Trump has pledged to scrap a work visa program that brings 300,000 student workers each year to the U.S. Among the businesses that would be forced to stop hiring foreign labor: Trump's own.

Istanbul's CRR Concert Hall will bring together world-renowned names in jazz during the Jazz February program for eight daysThe Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) Cemal Re?it Rey Concert Hall will host living legends and famous names from the world of jazz during an eight-day program, Jazz February, between Feb. 20 and 26.

If a luxury hotel room, with flowers, champagne and chocolates, is too common for you and want something special, there are some weird and wonderful alternatives.

Take a look at these unique themed hotel rooms around the world, and if you are not able to book a room this Valentine’s day, you can do it for next year.

Feeling Cagey

Bulgarian football legend Hristo Stoichkov is celebrating his 50thanniversary on Monday.

Stoichkov, known by his nickname the Dagger, is often identified as the greatest Bulgarian football player ever, being the only Bulgarian awarded a Ballon d'Or and the only one to lift the Champions League trophy.

Barack Obama offered an impassioned rebuttal of "inexcusable" Republican election rhetoric against Muslims on Feb. 3, on his first trip to an American mosque since becoming president seven years ago.

Obama, whose grandfather converted to Islam, made the short trip to the Islamic Society of Baltimore to call on Americans not to be "bystanders to bigotry."  

There are 456 million hectares of urban agricultural farms in and around cities in the world. This is an area as large as the European Union. About 67 million hectares of that number are inside cities, and the remaining surround to cities.  

To promote Göbeklitepe, ice sculptures of the ancient site are on display next to the Davos Congress CenterSouthern province ?anl?urfa's Göbeklitepe, recognized as the world's oldest temple and "point zero of history," is being promoted in Davos, where the 46th World Economic Forum is being held.