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KABUL, Afghanistan – More than one in three Afghans detained on conflict-related allegations say they were tortured or mistreated, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday based on interviews with nearly 800 detainees. The detainees reported 16 torture methods, including beatings, suspension from walls or ceilings, electric shocks and near-asphyxiation. …

AHMADABAD, India – A court in western India has acquitted six men accused of killing three British tourists during religious riots in 2002. The court in Gujarat state said Friday that it found no evidence against the accused. The three British Muslims were killed in the riots that erupted in …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A couple was found dead Thursday in an apparent murder-suicide aboard a Holland America cruise ship that docked in Puerto Rico, officials said. The unidentified man and woman were in their 50s and from Cleveland, Ohio, police Sgt. Ricardo Cruz told The Associated Press. Cruz …