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CALI, COLOMBIA - AUGUST 21: A view of the area affected by the explosion near the Marco Fidel Suarez Military Aviation School, in Cali, Colombia, on August 21, 2025. Colombia was rocked by two separate attacks Thursday that left at least 13 people dead an

Two separate guerilla attacks kill 18 in Colombia

Two separate attacks blamed on dissident guerilla groups killed 18 people and wounded dozens in Colombia, one involving a truck bomb while a drone downed a police helicopter in the other, deepening the country's most serious security crisis in decades.

World • 22 Aug

Miguel Uribe was shot three times in June during a rally in Bogota

Colombia presidential hopeful dies after June shooting

Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe has died two months after being shot in the head at a campaign event, his wife has announced.

World • 11 Aug

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has agreed to accept deported Colombian migrants from the US

Colombia agrees to accept flights of migrants from US

The US and Colombia have pulled back from the brink of a trade war after the White House said the South American nation had agreed to accept military aircraft carrying deported migrants.

World • 27 Jan

US President Trump claimed that the refusal by Colombian President Gustavo Petro to accept the flights jeopardised national security

Trump threat after Colombia rejects US deportation flight

US President Donald Trump has said he will impose sweeping retaliatory measures on Colombia, including tariffs and sanctions, after it turned away two US military aircraft with migrants being deported

World • 27 Jan

Colombia said the 'dignity' of President Gustavo Petro had been offended

Colombia expels Argentine diplomats over 'terrorist' jibe

Colombia has ordered the expulsion of Argentine diplomats from the country citing "denigrating" comments by Argentine President Javier Milei about his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro.

World • 28 Mar 24

Flames rise from a forest during a wildfire in Bogota, Colombia

Colombia to declare natural disaster over wildfires

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has said he will declare that wildfires burning in the country are a natural disaster, freeing up funds to fight the blazes amid soaring temperatures and the El Niño weather phenomenon.

World • 25 Jan 24

The mudslide covered a roadway that connects the cities of Quibdo and Medellin in northwest Colombia

33 killed in mudslide in northwest Colombia

A mudslide brought on by heavy rains in northwest Colombia killed at least 33 people and injured dozens on a busy highway.

World • 13 Jan 24

Ikea's Colombia store, to be opened today in the capital Bogota, will be the first in the country

IKEA to open first Colombia store

Swedish furniture maker IKEA is today opening its biggest South American store in Colombia, as part of an international expansion plan which includes growth in Peru and Chile with an investment worth $600m.

Business • 28 Sep 23

The children were on board a small plane, which crashed killing three adults

Father of rescued Colombian children charged with abuse

The father of two of the four Indigenous children who survived for 40 days in the Amazon has been charged with sexually abusing his stepdaughter, Colombian prosecutors have announced.

World • 13 Aug 23

The children survived alone in the Amazon for 40 days

Colombian children rescued from jungle leave hospital

Four Indigenous children who survived 40 days in the Colombian Amazon have been released from a military hospital after a month long stay, authorities said, adding that the siblings were doing "very well".

World • 15 Jul 23

Colombian Air Force General Pedro Sanchez was among those to be decorated

Colombia honours rescuers who found children in Amazon

Colombia has awarded one of its highest decorations to the soldiers, rescuers and civil servants who led a successful operation to find four children lost for weeks in the Amazon rainforest.

World • 27 Jun 23

Four children were found after being missing for 40 days in Colombian jungle (Credit: Colombian Military Forces)

'I'm hungry' - child's first words after jungle rescue

"I'm hungry" and "my mom is dead" were the first words uttered by the four children missing for 40 days in the Colombian jungle when they were found, members of the rescue group have said.

World • 12 Jun 23

The semi-submersible vessel was intercepted Tuesday on its way to Central America

Largest ever Colombian 'narco sub' intercepted

The largest Colombian "narco sub" ever recorded, some 30m long and 3m wide, has been decommissioned in the Pacific, with three tons of cocaine found on board, the country's navy has reported.

World • 12 May 23

President Biden has struggled politically with record numbers of migrants caught crossing the US-Mexico border illegally

US border: Deportations to rise as migrant centres open

The US will ramp up deportations while also expanding legal pathways for would-be migrants as it prepares for a possible spike in illegal border crossings when Covid-19 restrictions are set to end next month.

US • 28 Apr 23

EMC commander Ivan Mordisco (centre) gives a military salute next to other high ranking group members

Colombian dissidents 'ready' for peace talks

An armed dissident group of Colombia's disbanded FARC guerrillas has said it was ready to start peace talks with the government next month in an apparent boost for leftist President Gustavo Petro's quest for "total peace."

World • 16 Apr 23

The hippos were declared an invasive species last year

Price of crime: Removing Escobar's hippos proves costly

Progress is being made to transfer 70 hippos to overseas sanctuaries, officials in Colombia have said, but mitigating the havoc caused by this unusual legacy of deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar carries a hefty price tag: $3.5 million (€3.2m).

World • 30 Mar 23

Smurfit Kappa invests $100m in Colombia biomass boiler

Paper and packaging giant Smurfit Kappa said it is investing almost $100m in a sustainable biomass boiler in Colombia which will reduce its global Scope 1 and Scope 2 CO2 emissions by about 6%.

Business • 13 Oct 22

An aerial view of the collapsed grandstand in the municipality of El Espinal, southwest of Bogotá

Four dead, hundreds hurt after Colombia stand collapse

At least four people were killed and more than 300 injured yesterday when the grandstand at a bullring in Colombia collapsed, during a popular event at which members of the public face off with small bulls, officials said.

World • 27 Jun 22

Gustavo Petro will be Colombia's first left-wing president (file image)

Former rebel wins Colombia's presidential election

Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement, has won Colombia's presidency.

World • 20 Jun 22

Dario Antonio Usuga flanked by police as he was extradited (Credit: Colombian Presidency)

Drug trafficker 'Otoniel' pleads not guilty in US

One of Colombia's most notorious drug lords pleaded not guilty to cocaine trafficking charges in a New York court Thursday following his extradition to the United States.

World • 05 May 22

Pro-Choice demonstrators celebrate outside the Justice Palace after the Constitutional Court ruling

Colombia legalises abortion up to 24 weeks

Colombia's high court has decriminalised abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy in a landmark ruling for the majority-Catholic country, one of only a few in Latin America that currently allows the procedure.

World • 22 Feb 22

Rescue teams dug through the mud looking for survivors

At least 14 dead in Colombia mudslide

At least 14 people died and 34 were injured in a mudslide triggered by heavy rains in Colombia, the national disaster agency said.

World • 09 Feb 22

The month of January recorded the 'highest hot spot values in the last 10 years' (file image)

Colombian Amazon sees record level of forest fires

January of this year was the hottest month in the Colombian Amazon in a decade, leading to an increase in forest fires in the southeastern region and very likely impacting air quality in the capital Bogota, according to an Environment Ministry report.

World • 05 Feb 22

Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker 'Otoniel' was captured last month

Colombian president declares 'end' of Gulf Clan cartel

Colombia's President Ivan Duque has declared the "end" of the Gulf Clan drug cartel, formerly the country's largest, after the capture of its leader and dozens of other members.

World • 19 Nov 21

Otoniel was captured near one of his main outposts in Necocli, near the border with Panama over the weekend

Soldiers killed in 'retaliation' for drug lord's arrest

Three Colombian soldiers were killed and three injured in an attack the army said was executed by the Gulf Clan drug trafficking gang in retaliation for the weekend arrest of its leader 'Otoniel'.

World • 26 Oct 21