News of the Day From Around the World, March 17

1 Nicaragua detainees: The government of Nicaragua says it has released 50 opposition prisoners and placed them under a form of house arrest. The release was an apparent bow to a demand by the opposition Civic Alliance for freeing inmates as a condition for resuming talks that had been suspended. The opposition coalition had demanded the immediate release of about 770 people considered political prisoners. Pablo Cuevas, a lawyer for the Permanent Human Rights Commission, said the government had promised to free “an appreciable number” of prisoners, but that the 50 released Friday “were not what we expected.” According to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, at least 325 people were killed last year amid a crackdown on protests demanding President Daniel Ortega leave office.

2 Britain heist: The ringleader of a gang that stole millions in jewelry from a London safe-deposit storehouse has been sentenced to 10 years in prison — four years after the audacious heist. Michael Seed, 58, led a gang of mostly elderly men who drilled through a concrete vault wall and ransacked more than 70 safe-deposit boxes in the Hatton Garden jewelry district in April 2015. Prosecutors say they stole cash, jewelry and gold worth more than 14 million pounds ($20 million). Six men have been convicted. Seed was the last of the gang to be sentenced.

3 Philippines crackdown: Two months ahead of elections in the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte has released a new list of people that he claims are “narcopoliticians,” vowing his remaining three years in office will be the bloodiest yet in his war on drugs. The list, released this past week, includes the names of 46 officials — 33 mayors, eight deputy mayors, one ex-mayor, a provincial board member and three members...