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HAVANA – A leading non-governmental human rights group says 60 political prisoners remain behind bars in Cuba, significantly fewer than last year. The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and Reconciliation said in a report released Friday there in addition to the 60 prisoners, another 11 people are on some kind …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A North Carolina man is in the custody of federal authorities, who say he planned assassinations in the United States in support of the Islamic State terrorist group. Federal authorities said in a news release Monday that 19-year-old Justin Nojan Sullivan of Morganton faces several charges, including …

BAKU, Azerbaijan – A British national working at the inaugural European Games in Azerbaijan has been killed in a road accident in the capital Baku. British embassy spokesperson Gunel Ahmedova told The Associated Press by telephone that the individual, who has not been named, had been employed by a company …