Sources: BBC
Honduras opens its first embassy in Beijing, China, after breaking off relations with Taiwan in March. 2023-06-11
Five foreign tourists, four of whom were Americans, are killed when their Piper PA-32 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Honduras shortly after taking off from Roatán island. 2019-05-18
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes north of Honduras, resulting in tsunami warnings in the Caribbean. 2018-01-9
The United States will end the temporary protected status program (TPS) for more than 300,000 refugees from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Many of the refugees have already left for Canada, where it is easier to get asylum. 2017-11-4
Four people, including a pregnant woman, are killed and dozens injured when a rush of fans try to enter an already-at-capacity Tiburcio Carías Andino Stadium before the Honduran Clausura final in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Police are investigating possible overselling of tickets. 2017-05-28
Maria Jose Alvarado, a 19-year-old Miss World competitor, is found fatally shot and buried along with her 23-year-old sister Sofia Trinidad in Santa Barbara, Honduras. The boyfriend of Sofia Trinidad, Plutarco Ruiz and an accomplice are arrested. 2014-11-19
Honduras declares a state of emergency after an outbreak of dengue fever kills 16 people and sickens 12,000. 2013-07-30
The main airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, is shutdown due to smoke from a forest fire. 2013-04-13
Security expert and anti-corruption activist Alfredo Landaverde is killed in Honduras, a day after journalist Luz Marina Paz Villalobos is killed, leading to a ban on a motorcycle passengers. 2011-12-7
Fourteen people are killed by gunmen at a soccer field in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. 2010-10-30