Government forces began advancing on Masaya's Monimbo neighborhood before dawn and had largely regained control of it by the afternoon for the first time since massive protests against Ortega's government began in mid-April.

A growing number of Americans are open to increases in legal immigration, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

Supporters of Nicaragua's government attacked a group of Roman Catholic priests led by Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes on Monday as they arrived to help anti-government protesters trapped inside a church.

Pope Francis named two apostolic administrators to govern the now “vacant” dioceses.

Francis vowed decades ago not to watch TV, but he still follows how Argentina is faring in the World Cup.

The Fuego volcano eruption destroyed properties recently sold to indigenous Guatemalans for subsistence farming.