A charter plane grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation is scheduled to leave Monday for India, after an exceptional holiday ordeal that left some 300 Indians en route for Central America blocked inside a rural French airport for (...)
A second bishop was arrested by Nicaraguan authorities on Thursday, two sources told CNN, amid a far-reaching crackdown on opposition figures and the Catholic Church by the government of President Daniel Ortega.
Bishop Isidoro Mora, of the Siuna (...)
The arbitrary shutdown of hundreds of civil society organizations in Nicaragua is deeply concerning and will have a chilling effect on activists and human rights defenders across the country, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on (...)
Nuns from the order founded by Mother Teresa have left Nicaragua after their organization was stripped of its legal status.
They were escorted by police to the border and crossed into neighboring Costa Rica on foot.
Their organization is among the (...)
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 struck off the western coast of Nicaragua on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami threat was reported.
The quake hit at 1:42 a.m. (0742 GMT) at a depth of 25.3 kilometers (15.7 miles), with (...)
Nicaragua has received one million Covid vaccines from China, days after it cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of Beijing, BBC reported.
Government representatives returned to the Central American state on Sunday with news of the (...)
Nicaragua has become the latest country to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of China, BBC reported.
Taiwan said it was "deeply saddened", adding that Nicaragua had "disregarded [their] many years of friendship".
The decision was praised by (...)
Preliminary results from the Nicaraguan general election suggest that incumbent President Daniel Ortega has won by a landslide, BBC reported.
With about half of the ballots counted, Ortega has secured around 75% of the vote. But as the BBC's Central (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has participated as observer in the 8th Summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) and the 24th Ordinary Meeting of the ACS Ministerial Council in Managua, Nicaragua.
The Kingdom's delegation was led by Saudi (...)
Saudi Ambassador to Mexico Hammad bin Ghanim Al-Ruwaili presented here today his credentials as a non-resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to President of the Republic of Nicaragua Daniel (...)
Saudi Ambassador to the United States of Mexico, Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, Hammad bin Ghanem Al-Ruwaili, met Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua, Denis Moncada Colindres at the Ministry's headquarters here (...)
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake rocked Nicaragua's Pacific coast early Wednesday, Vice President Rosario Murillo said.
According to spa, no injuries or damage were reported.
The quake occurred at 12:29 am (0629 GMT) at a depth of 76 kilometres off Puerto (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center delivered today 396 tons of dates to the World Food Program (WFP) in Nicaragua.
A ceremony was held at the WFP office, in the presence of the representative of Saudi Embassy in Mexico, Saud Al Dosari, a (...)
COPA Airlines, subsidiary of Copa Holdings, S.A., and Turkish Airlines, both members of Star Alliance, the leading global airline network, signed a Codeshare Agreement which will offer passengers more flight options with seamless connections through (...)
A woman died after being burned during local rituals to expel evil spirits from her body in the north of Nicaragua according to police statement.
Police said that the woman died due to her serious injuries from the burning rituals which was done to (...)
Saudi Ambassador to Mexico and non-resident Ambassador to Nicaragua Hammad bin Ghanem Al-Ruwaili has recently participated here in the inauguration ceremony of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega Saavedra.
The ambassador conveyed to the Nicaraguan (...)
Hurricane Otto made landfall in southern Nicaragua just north of the country's border with Costa Rica on Thursday as the category 2 hurricane was making its way towards the Pacific Ocean, the US National Hurricane Center said.
According to dpa, (...)
Hurricane Otto made landfall in southern
Nicaragua just north of the country's border with Costa
Rica on Thursday as the category 2 hurricane was making its way towards the Pacific Ocean, the US National Hurricane Center said, according to (...)
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is expected to win re-election by a landslide on Nov. 6, according to a poll published on Tuesday, the last such survey released before the vote, according to Reuters.
The poll by M&R Consultants showed 69.8 (...)
President Daniel Ortega on Tuesday put his wife, Rosario Murillo, down as his future vice president on a joint ticket for his re-election in a November 6 vote.
The unusual step cemented Murillo's political ascent. Currently, the First Lady is a (...)
Eight people presumed to be African migrants on their
way to the United States have drowned in recent days in southern
Nicaragua, Nicaraguan authorities said, according to dpa.
The National Police said seven men and a woman drowned in the Sapoa (...)
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake registering and several aftershocks struck north-western Nicaragua, the US Geological Survey reported Friday.
According to dpa, the epicentre of the quake, which struck Thursday evening local time, was 17 kilometres east (...)
A team of Riyadh-based King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Works has handed over 234 tons of dates to the World Food Program (WFP) in the Republic of Nicaragua, in the presence of Saudi Arabia's consul in Mexico Mohammed Al-Gadi; a (...)
A team of Riyadh-based King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Works has handed over 234 tons of dates to the World Food Program (WFP) in the Republic of Nicaragua, in the presence of Saudi Arabia's consul in Mexico Mohammed Al-Gadi; a (...)
The International Monetary Fund says it will close the office in Nicaragua that it has operated since 1995 in the face of the country's heartening economic growth, according to AP.
The IMF has praised Nicaragua's growth and stability, but says it (...)
