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Nicaragua frees clerics including Alvarez

Nicaragua announced Sunday it has released a number of clergy members critical of the government. Nicaragua announced Sunday it has released a number of clergy members critical of the government, including Catholic bishop Rolando Alvarez. The 57-year-old Alvarez, a strong critic of President Daniel Ortega, was sent along with 13 priests and three seminarians to

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Harrowing stories emerge as Hamas frees more Israel hostages

JERUSALEM — All the stories are the same; all the stories are different. They were held underground or aboveground, together with loved ones or separated, cut off from the outside world or keenly aware of the catastrophic battle unfolding around them, plunged in grief or unaware of the fate of a husband, a mother, a

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Hamas frees hostages as Gaza truce takes hold

A four-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war began on Friday with hostages set to be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Hamas on Friday freed a first batch of hostages seized in the deadliest attack in Israel’s history under a deal that saw a temporary truce take hold in war-ravaged Gaza. Thirteen Israeli hostages captured

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Nigeria frees 4,000 prisoners to ease jail crowding

Fines totalling 585 million naira (651,000 euros) have been cancelled. Thousands of detainees across Nigeria have been released from prison in an effort to tackle overcrowding, interior minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said Saturday on social media. The move marks part of a drive by Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was elected earlier this year, to

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