BEIJING (AP) — Honduras established diplomatic ties with China on Sunday after breaking off relations with Taiwan, which is increasingly isolated and now recognized by only 13 sovereign states. Foreign ministers from China and Honduras signed a joint communique in Beijing — a decision the Chinese Foreign Ministry hailed as “the right choice." The diplomatic...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans on Saturday to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, a warning to the West as it steps up military support for Ukraine. Putin said the move was triggered by Britain’s decision this past week to provide Ukraine with armor-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium. Tactical nuclear...

Human rights activist Paul Rusesabagina has been released from a Rwandan prison after being held for more than two years, U.S. officials said Friday evening marking a diplomatic breakthrough for the Biden administration. Rusesabagina, 68, has been moved to the Qatari embassy in Rwanda, accompanied by a U.S. embassy official. He is expected to leave...

President Biden on Friday trumpeted the importance of the United States’ relationship with Canada, arguing that no two countries in the world have closer ties as the two countries seek to move past the tumultuous four years of the Trump administration. Biden, in a speech to Canadian parliament, spoke about the shared culture and values...

President Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are holding a joint press conference following meetings between the leaders and other officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm. Biden’s first visit to Canada as president comes at a moment of shared strategic interests for the two close allies. Both...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) walked back his controversial comments characterizing Russia’s war on Ukraine as a “territorial dispute,” in a recent interview, but doubled down on his stance that the U.S. shouldn’t escalate its involvement in the conflict. In a wide-ranging interview aired Thursday on Fox Nation’s “Piers Morgan Uncensored," DeSantis said his earlier...

The White House on Wednesday condemned the passage of a law by Uganda's parliament that would impose severe punishments on individuals who identify as LGBTQ and raised the possibility of economic consequences if it's enacted. "We have grave concerns with the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, AHA, by the parliament of Uganda yesterday, and increasing...

The Pentagon is on track to send Abram tanks and Patriot missile defense systems to Ukraine faster than originally planned, the Defense Department’s top spokesman said Tuesday. The department will send a refurbished older model of Abrams tanks to Ukraine to speed up its delivery of the weapon to the embattled country, press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is launching a legislative push to end the normalized trade relationship between the U.S. and China as tensions between the two countries flare. The bill from Hawley, which his office said is set to be introduced on Tuesday, would revoke normalized trade relation status from China within two years. The bill...