In an incident, a helicopter carrying Colombia’s President Duque was hit by gunfire.
Colombian President Ivan Duque and others were on a helicopter when it was hit by several gunshots in an attack on Friday, he said in...
Colombia will resume large-scale festivities as COVID-19 fatalities surpass 90,000 for the first time.
Colombia permitted the reopening of most big events that had been forbidden in order to limit the epidemic, despite the fact that critical care units...
Colombia will investigate police officers who stood by as people fired on protestors.
People hoist a banner saying "Colombia, we are all" during a march in Bogota, Colombia, May 30, 2021, in opposition to road blockades and violence...
A young man from British Columbia has doubled his own world record for Jenga piling.
A young man from British Columbia with a knack for balance shattered his own Guinness World Record by piling 1,400 Jenga blocks on a single...
Colombia’s president reverses a tax increase; 19 protesters are killed in demonstrations
Colombian President Ivan Duque has removed a national tax hike after more than a dozen people were killed during days of demonstrations. Duque announced the...
Colombia to target armed groups, restart coca fumigation, defense minister says
Fighting drug trafficking and dismantling armed groups are the top challenges for Colombia's military in 2021, the country's new defense minister said on Thursday, adding...
Colombia’s FARC party changes name to Comunes
Colombia’s FARC political party - which was formed following the demobilization of the guerrilla group with the same acronym - will change its name to...
Colombia targets repeat of last year’s coca eradication in 2021
Colombia has set its sights on destroying 130,000 hectares (321,237 acres) of coca - the chief ingredient in cocaine - in 2021, matching eradication levels...
Dog dies after being ‘gang-raped’ and stabbed 30 times
A dog has died after she was "gang-raped" by several people in a bestiality attack that left her with 30 stab wounds. Distressing footage shows the...
Colombian lawmakers told to quarantine after confirmed COVID infection
Colombia’s lower house abruptly ended its session on Thursday and asked lawmakers to quarantine after a member tested positive for coronavirus. Lawmakers in Colombia, which...
Colombia kills top ELN guerrilla commander in military operation
Colombia's President Ivan Duque announces the death of National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel leader Andres Felipe Vanegas Londono, better known by the nom de guerre...
Thousands of indigenous people march to end Colombian violence
Colombian indigenous people are heading to Cali in the southwest in the hope of meeting President Ivan Duque to demand concrete action on ending violence...
Two Nigerian men, one woman arrested in Cambodia for alleged online scam
Two Nigerian nationals and a local woman have been arrested in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for alleged involvement in online scamming. General Lieutenant Neth Savoeun,...
Colombia arrests ex-paramilitary chief after US deportation
Rodrigo Tovar (C), pictured with his paramilitaries in March 2006 in the Colombian department of Cesar RODRIGO ARANGUA AFP/File Colombian authorities on Monday arrested former...
Colombia passes grim milestone of 800,000 coronavirus cases, more than 25,000 deaths
Coronavirus cases in Colombia, which is nearly a month into a national reopening after a long quarantine, surpassed 800,000 on Saturday, a day after deaths...
Police bust ‘scam gang’ in Cambodia, arrest 4 Nigerian men and one Cambodian woman
Four Nigerian nationals and a Cambodian woman have been arrested in Phnom Penh over alleged scam and money laundering. The operation was led by lieutenant Neth Savoeun,...
Colombian police charged with killing that sparked riots
Friends and relatives carry the coffin of the attorney Javier Ordonez in Bogota, on September 16, 2020. Two police officers have been charged with Ordonez's...
More than 60 LGBT, intersex people killed in Colombia in first eight months of 2020
FILE PHOTO: People participate in a protest against the murders of transgender people in Colombia, in Bogota, Colombia July 3, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez At...
Mayor of Colombia’s Bogota calls for reconciliation after deadly protests
The mayor of Bogota on Sunday begged forgiveness and called for reconciliation after protests in Colombia’s capital left 10 civilians dead and hundreds injured. Demonstrators...
Colombia apologizes for police brutality after deadly riots
Demonstrators run as mounted police chase them during a protest against police brutality in Medellin, Colombia -- at least 13 people were killed in protests...
Man dies in Bogota following altercation with two police officers
A man died in Bogota, the Colombian capital, on Wednesday after being detained by two police officers who repeatedly shocked him with a stun gun...
At least 11 dead in massacres in Colombia
People light candles during a protest against violence and the recent massacres in the country, in Medellin, Colombia, on September 4, 2020 Joaquin SARMIENTO AFP...
Colombia slowly developing, opens South America’s longest road tunnel
Colombia opened South America’s longest road tunnel, the Tunel de la Linea, on Friday after more than a decade of construction work. The tunnel, which...
Colombia confirmed COVID-19 deaths top 20,000
Confirmed deaths in Colombia due to COVID-19 topped 20,000 on Tuesday as cases surpassed 624,000, the health ministry said in its daily update. The Andean...
Three killed amid surge of violence in Colombia
Relatives of Heine Collazos and Esneider Collazos, two of six men massacred by an armed group on August 21 in a rural area Colombia, attend...
Colombia to move to ‘selective’ quarantine, participate in vaccine trials
Colombia will enter a period of “selective” quarantine when its five months of national coronavirus lockdown ends at the close of August, President Ivan Duque...
Violence across Colombia leaves 17 dead
Three attacks in the last 24 hours have left at least 17 dead across Colombia in regions contested by drug traffickers, criminal groups and dissidents...
Interpol red notices issued for ex-paramilitary boss, Colombia says
FILE PHOTO: Colombian former paramilitary commander Salvatore Mancuso is escorted by DEA officers from a plane as he arrives at the Opa-Locka airport in Miami,...