Topic: honduras

At stake is China's growing footprint in Central America, once a steadfast base for Taiwan and where the US is worried about Beijing's expanding influence in its backyard.

The announcement was made by Honduran President Castro. The move risks reducing Taiwan's allies as China does not allow countries with which it has relations to maintain ties with Taiwan.

Honduran Foreign Minister Eduardo Enrique Reina said the decision to switch allegiance to China was partly because it was 'up to its neck' in financial debt & owes $600 million to Taiwan

American Muslims raise funds for Pittsburgh synagogue attack victims, and a new group joins the US-bound migrant caravan.

Thousands of migrants march to Mexican city of Tapachula, and Japan faces a burial issue.

Diplomatically, there is no ideal response to the attempted murder of Sergei and Yulia Skripal on British soil.

Meanwhile, Aung San Suu Kyi could still help the persecuted Rohingyas.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia shocked his country by promising optimistic reforms only to retract them as a "mistranslation".

The world seems to have embarked on a monumental arms race, with defence expenditure over the globe rising exponentially.

While processes for reform have been set in motion across the globe, change seldom comes without risks. From Saudi Arabia, which is going through its own Arab Spring, to Zimbabwe, which is still coming to terms with the end of a 37-year old dictatorship, risks abound.