The Biden administration can keep operating a program that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds after a federal judge on Friday dismissed a challenge from Republican-led states. U.S. District Judge…
Plane held in France over trafficking concerns lands in India
A plane carrying hundreds of Indian passengers that was grounded in France for four days amid a probe into possible human trafficking has arrived in India. The Airbus A340 carrying 276 Indian passengers landed in Mumbai early on Tuesday morning,…
Plane grounded in France over human trafficking fears
A plane carrying 303 Indian passengers has been grounded at an airport in north-eastern France on suspicion of human trafficking, French media report. The Airbus A340 was flying from the United Arab Emirates to the Nicaraguan capital, Managua. It was…
Writer Gioconda Belli, stripped of citizenship by Nicaragua’s government, wins poetry prize
Nicaraguan poet and novelist Gioconda Belli, known for her feminist and erotic literature, was awarded the Reina Sofia Ibero-American Poetry prize Monday. Considered among Latin America’s best-known writers, Belli’s work has been translated into more than 20 languages and includes…
US top envoy calls for ‘dialogue’ in rare call with Nicaragua FM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken to his Nicaraguan counterpart, foreign minister Denis Moncada, in a rare high-level contact between the two countries. The call on Friday came a day after Managua released 222 political prisoners arrested in…
Nicaraguan police ‘beat’ journalists (BBC)
Nicaraguan police are reported to have kicked and beaten several journalists who were protesting against raids on their offices. The journalists were outside a police station in the capital Managua, complaining that raids on the offices of a news website…
Protests on Nicaragua’s Mother’s Day turn deadly (CNN)
A march honoring Nicaraguans killed in violence surrounding recent anti-government demonstrations also ended in bloodshed Wednesday — the country’s Mother’s Day. “We’ve received grave claims of deaths and serious injuries that resulted from today’s violence in Nicaragua,” Inter-American Commission on…
