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GAUHATI, India – A court on Thursday ordered the release of a frail Indian activist who has been on a hunger strike for nearly 15 years to protest alleged military brutality in India’s remote northeast. The court dropped the charge of attempted suicide against Irom Sharmila, weeks after the Indian …

NICOSIA, Cyprus – Cyprus’ defense minister says the country is setting up a satellite earth station that will anchor a search-and-rescue control center covering Europe’s southeastern edge. Christoforos Fokaides told The Associated Press in an interview Monday that the earth station will be Europe’s third such facility, complementing ones in …

TOKYO – The wife of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto has made her first public appeal for her husband’s life. Rinko Jogo also revealed that she has exchanged several emails with his captors, and in the past 20 hours received one which appeared to be their final demand. “I fear that …