Torrential rain caused by Tropical Storm Sara has cut off more than 1,700 communities in Honduras.
The slow-moving storm caused widespread flooding across the Central American nation.
So far, Honduran officials have confirmed only one death but said (...)
RIYADH — The Honduran government has announced a visa exemption for Saudi citizens wishing to visit the republic for various purposes.
This announcement was made by Antonio Garcia, the Honduran deputy minister of foreign affairs for consular affairs (...)
The president of Honduras has declared an immediate curfew in a town where 13 people were shot dead on Saturday.
Xiomara Castro described the killings in a pool hall in Choloma as a "brutal and ruthless terrorist attack".
The victims, who were at a (...)
At least 41 people have been killed in a riot at a women's prison in Honduras on Tuesday.
It is understood that a fight broke out between rival gangs, after which one gang set a cell alight.
Officials say the fire caused the majority of the deaths (...)
Honduras is taking steps to begin official diplomatic relations with China, President Xiomara Castro announced on Tuesday, a move that would sever ties with Taiwan.
China refuses to maintain diplomatic ties with any country that recognizes Taiwan (...)
A former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, has been extradited to the United States to face charges of drug trafficking and money laundering.
Hernández, who governed the Central American nation until January, was put on board a US Drug (...)
Honduras looks set to elect its first female president, Xiomara Castro, after the ruling party conceded defeat, BBC reported.
Castro, the candidate for the left-wing Libre (Free) Party, has a preliminary lead of almost 20 percentage points over her (...)
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Saturday denied reports from a U.S. court filing linking him to drug trafficking, accusing criminals of seeking revenge against him.
"The drug traffickers are looking for revenge against the only (...)
Four Americans and a Canadian pilot were killed when a small plane went down off the coast of Roatan island in Honduras, officials said Sunday.
According to AP, armed Forces spokesman Jose Domingo Meza confirmed the nationalities of those who died (...)
The team of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center delivered more than 600 tons of dates to the World Food Program (WFP) in the Republic of Honduras, in the presence of a representative from the Kingdom's embassy in Mexico, a (...)
Honduran soldiers have dispersed demonstrators
trying to burn tyres and block traffic in protest against the
upcoming swearing-in ceremony of President Juan Orlando Hernandez, whom they accuse of fraud in the November 26 elections, according to (...)
President Juan Orlando Hernandez of Honduras received at the Presidential palace here today the Saudi ambassador to Mexico, Hammad bin Ghanem Al-Ruwaili.
During an official reception ceremony, Ambassador Al-Ruwaili handed over his credentials to (...)
Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to Mexico Hammad Bin Ghanim Al-Ruwaili today met in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, with Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Honduras Maria del Carmen Nasser.
Ambassador Ruwaili presented a (...)
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has announced his intention to run for another term, a year after a controversial Supreme Court ruling voided a longtime constitutional ban on presidential re-election, according to AP.
Hernandez says in (...)
Clashes broke out in Honduras on Monday as police fired tear gas on demonstrators blocking highway toll stations in protest against efforts by the ruling party to enable presidential re-election and keep the incumbent Juan Hernandez in power.
The (...)
Health officials in the Central American nation of Honduras on Tuesday reported eight cases of newborns with microcephaly born to women who were infected with the Zika virus during pregnancy, according to Reuters.
Honduran Health Minister Yolani (...)
Honduran police have arrested three men for the murder of Lesbia Urquia, an environmental activist who fought against hydroelectric and mining projects on indigenous lands in the Central American country, authorities said on Wednesday, according to (...)
Deputy Education Minister of Honduras Elia Del Sayed praised the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia represented by King Salman Relief Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid for supporting the World Food Programme in Honduras.
This came in a speech delivered by (...)
Honduran officials on Friday fired more than two dozen top police officers in an aggressive move to purge security forces that have been accused of being infiltrated by organized crime.
President Juan Orlando Hernandez is under pressure to clean up (...)
The Honduran government has vowed to suspend several top police officials amid mounting evidence they conspired to kill the country's top anti-drug prosecutor and two other prosecution employees several years ago, according to AP.
President Juan (...)
Honduras will build a $163 million international airport in the center of the country, designed to improve on the poor safety record of the existing airport in the capital city, authorities said on Thursday, according to Reuters.
The project will be (...)
Unidentified gunmen killed a colleague of environmentalist leader Berta Caceres, who was slain almost two weeks ago in similar circumstances, Honduran authorities said Wednesday, according to AP.
Two men shot Nelson Garcia to death Tuesday after he (...)
Honduras' governing party on Sunday proposed the sitting president as their candidate for 2017 elections, a decision likely to stir fresh debate over re-election, a contentious issue at the heart of a coup just six years ago, according to (...)
Homicides in Honduras fell 12 percent in 2015 thanks in part to the capture and extradition to the United States of drug cartel bosses, a United Nations-backed organization said on Wednesday, according to Reuters.
The murder rate in the impoverished (...)
Two Columbia University students and a U.S. health-care worker died Wednesday in this Central American nation when their bus crashed while taking them to the airport to fly home after a volunteer mission helping poor Hondurans, according to AP.
Isa (...)
