Colombia

US sentences alleged cousin of Bashar Assad to prison for role in narco-terrorism conspiracy

Kassis, 59, is a Lebanon-based drug trafficker who used his connections in Syria to traffic both cocaine and weapons. He laundered his earnings through associates in Colombia.

A line of cocaine is seen being snorted through a rolled up dollar.
(L-R) Chairman of Selection Committee, The Genesis Prize Foundation, David Hatchwell, Argentinian President Javier Milei, and Josh Reinstein, President of the Israel Allies Foundation.

Lawmakers from 12 Latin American countries back Isaac Accords, Jerusalem embassy move

Workers of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA at a rig near Cabimas, Venezuela, January 27, 2026.; illustrative.

Rig explosion in Venezuela leaves at least 17 workers wounded, evacuated to Colombia

 CHILE-POLITICS-GOVERNMENT Chile's President Jose Antonio Kast delivers his State of the Nation address in Valparaiso, Chile, on June 1, 2026.

Chile, Colombia, Peru go conservative: What’s next for Latin America? - analysis


Colombia to open Jerusalem trade office in nod to Israel's sovereignty

Office opening is seen as a partial victory for the campaign to push international recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Ivan Duque Marquez, President of Colombia, visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel, 7 November 2021.

Woman pushed off balcony can't return to Israel to testify

Charlotte Alberado from Colombia was pushed off a four-story balcony in Israel in 2018.

 View of the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem on August 15, 2018.

Grapevine November 5, 2021: When understanding overrides emotion

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER Simon Coveney.

Drug kingpin Otoniel captured by Colombian armed forces

Colombian president Duque said Otoniel's capture is the biggest blow to drug trafficking since the death of Pablo Escobar.

 Dairo Antonio Usuga David, alias "Otoniel", top leader of the Gulf clan, poses for a photo escorted by Colombian military soldiers after being captured, in Necocli, Colombia October 23, 2021

‘Havana syndrome’ attacks reveal US adversaries may have dangerous intel

The coincidental timing of when US intelligence is being targeted with the "Havana syndrome" raises the possibility that the attacks are targeted.

US State Department spokesman Ned Price takes questions from reporters at the State Department in Washington, US, March 31, 2021.

Jewish humanitarian effort slated to launch on Colombia-Venezuela border

NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief, HIAS and CADENA are slated to collaboratively offer a range of medical, mental health and informational services to refugees fleeing from Venezuela to Colombia.

Venezuelan soldiers patrol by boat on the Arauca River, the border between Colombia and Venezuela, as seen from Arauquita, Colombia, March 28, 2021.

COVID-19: New 'Mu variant' from Colombia could be vaccine resistant - WHO

A number of mutations suggest that the Mu variant could resist immune defenses and possibly even have a faster transmission than other variants.

This undated transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S. Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. The spikes on the outer edge of the virus parti

Helicopter carrying Colombia President Duque struck by bullets in attack

"What's clear is that this is a cowardly attack where bullet holes can be seen in the presidential aircraft," Duque said.

Members of the military walk in Bolivar Square during the four-day mandatory isolation decreed by the mayor of Bogota, as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bogota, Colombia March 20, 2020.

Four die during protests as Colombia marks a month of demonstrations

Violence has marked demonstrations over the last four weeks

Four die during protests as Colombia marks a month of demonstrations

Colombia warns of new and aggressive strains of dangerous coffee fungus

Colombia, one of the world's leading coffee producers, is urging farmers to plant more resistant coffee varieties in an effort to stop the spread of a dangerous fungus.

A handful of coffee beans