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The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) dismissed media reports suggesting Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are planning to expand their family by adopting a two-year-old Syrian boy named Moussa from a refugee camp in Turkey.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who are already parents to six children, are reportedly planning to expand their family by adopting a 2-year-old Syrian boy named Moussa, the Hollywood Gossip has reported. It is reported that Moussa is living in a refugee camp in Turkey.

A referendum intended to strengthen a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and adoption in socially conservative Slovakia fell flat Feb. 7 with low turnout.
     
Results showed voter turnout in the ex-communist EU country at 21 percent, well short of the 50 percent threshold required for the ballot to be valid.
      

Turkey?s media watchdog has fined two music channels for airing music videos with scenes of sexuality, citing Turkish Sexual Health Institute head Cem Keçe?s controversial recent remarks on homosexuality.

The Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTÜK) fined Genç TV for the music video of Elliphant?s ?One More,? which features a scene of two women kissing.

Angelina Jolie has met with world leaders, refugees and royalty.
     
Now the actress, director and U.N. special envoy has added pontiff to the list, meeting Pope Francis briefly on Thursday after screening her film "Unbroken" to some Vatican officials and ambassadors.
     

Robert Downey Jr. and Jennifer Lawrence emerged the biggest movie star winners at the People's Choice awards Jan. 7, while on the small screen "The Big Bang Theory" won the coveted top TV show.   

Scores of same-sex Florida couples tied the knot early Jan. 6 after the state's ban on gay marriage ended.

Overjoyed couples filed into courthouses and exchanged vows just after midnight, as Florida became the 36th of America's 50 states to allow gay marriage.

Gay and lesbian employees in Greece have lower job satisfaction than heterosexual staff, a new study has found.

Enver Yücel, the chairman of the board of trustees at Istanbul's Bahçeşehir University, will receive a United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) Contribution to Global Education award at a Dec. 16 ceremony in New York.

The European Union has warned Turkey over the dangers posed to minorities and vulnerable groups in the country, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people.