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Brad Pitt punched in face at movie premiere: police
Actor Brad Pitt was punched in the face Wednesday night while signing autographs at the Hollywood premiere of "Maleficent" starring his partner Angelina Jolie, news reports said.
A man jumped over a barrier outside the El Capitan Theater and attacked the actor at the debut of the film, Los Angeles police sergeant Leonard Calderon said, according to CNN.
Snowden says he wants to return to US
Fugitive self-proclaimed spy Edward Snowden said Wednesday he wants to return home, as he defended his massive leak of US intelligence secrets, saying abuses of constitutional rights left him no choice.
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Egypt's Sisi wins presidential election with more than 90 pct of vote
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who toppled Egypt's first freely elected leader, took more than 90 percent of the vote in a presidential election, provisional results showed on Thursday, as he joined a long line of leaders drawn from the military.
Syria will miss June deadline on chemical arsenal: UN
The destruction of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal will not be completed before a June 30 deadline agreed after Washington threatened air strikes last year, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon has said.
An April 27 deadline for Syria to hand over its chemical weapons to international monitors also expired with Damascus holding around eight percent of its declared material.
Greece's NBG beats estimates but Eurobank posts loss
Greeces biggest lender by assets, National Bank (NBG), reported higher-than-expected profit in the first quarter, helped by lower funding costs, its Turkish unit Finansbank and reduced provisions for bad loans.
The group posted net earnings of 181 million euros in January to March, its sixth straight profitable quarter.
Turkey concerned over ‘abduction’ of OSCE observers in Ukraine
Turkey is deeply concerned over the âabductionâ of four observers of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), including a Turkish citizen, by âunknown personsâ near the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on May 26, the Foreign Ministry has stated.
Husband of Pakistan woman beaten to death demands justice
The husband of a pregnant Pakistani woman who was beaten to death outside Lahore's High Court for marrying against her family's wishes vowed Wednesday to fight for justice.
Farzana Parveen, 25, was attacked outside Lahore's grand high court building by more than two dozen brick-wielding attackers including her brother and father, who has been arrested, police said.
German opposition to Turkey's EU membership rises: poll
A growing majority of Germans are opposed to Turkey entering the European Union, according to a poll published days after Prime Minister Tayyip ErdoÄan made a controversial speech to Turks in Cologne.
Air raids on Syria's Aleppo kill over 40 in 24 hours: NGO
The death toll from Syrian air raids on rebel-held areas in the northern city of Aleppo has topped 40 over a 24-hour period, a monitoring group said Wednesday.
Barrel bombs killed 22 people Tuesday in the eastern districts of Hay Qataneh, Tariq al-Bab, Bustan al-Qasr, Bani Zeid, Mghayer and Lairamoun, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Greek bank deposits inch higher in April for second month in a row
Greek bank deposits rose slightly in April for the second month in a row, central bank data showed on Wednesday.
Business and household deposits rose to 161.3 billion euros ($219.7 billion) from 161.02 billion in March, the Bank of Greece said. [Reuters]