SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica: Nicaragua announced on Sunday that it had released a number of Catholic clergy members critical of the government, including bishop Rolando Alvarez.
19 people were killed in Iran on Friday in one of the deadliest clashes between the police and protestors since the anti-government demonstrations started in the country over the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman called Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody after her arrest for allegedly failing to comply with Iran s strict rules on women s dress by wearing an improper hijab.