Colombia
Colombian President Gustavo Petro escapes assassination attempt while traveling to Córdoba
Petro alleged that a “new drug cartel board” has been plotting to kill him since he assumed office in August 2022, El Tiempo reported.
Oldest trace of Syphilis-linked DNA from 5,500-year-old bone shows disease came from Americas
Plane crash in Colombia kills all 15 on board including lawmaker
Trump invites Colombia's Petro to White House after earlier threat of military action
Who is Elkana Bohbot, the Colombian-Israeli hostage set to return to his wife and son? - explainer
Elkana Bohbot was abducted from Re'im, the site of a music festival he helped plan and where two of his friends were murdered by invading terrorists.
US embassy in Colombia shuts doors, bolsters security amid pro-Palestinian protests
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said he had approved the request for heightened security while also defending citizens’ right to protest.
CT scans unveil faces of Colombian Andes mummies long sealed by death masks
The group reconstructed a child of about six or seven years old, a woman in her 60s, and two young men.
IDF intercepts missile from Yemen, IDF reveals Hamas tunnels by Jordanian hospital
US sends $230m. to aid Hezbollah disarmament • Israeli navy intercepts Sumud flotilla • PIJ says that Hamas response to Trump’s Gaza plan represents ‘stance of resistance'
Colombian President Gustavo Petro expels Israeli diplomats
The decision came following Israel's interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which carried two Colombian activists.
Colombian President Petro accuses US of violating international law after visa revoked
The US's decision to revoke Petro's visa after he had called out for a pro-Palestinian force "bigger than the United States" outside of the UN General Assembly in New York.
US to revoke Colombia President Petro's visa over 'reckless' actions in New York
In his speech to the global gathering on Tuesday, Petro also hit out at Trump, saying the US leader was "complicit in genocide" in Gaza.
Argentine tennis star Diego Schwartzman now plays soccer for a Jewish club in Buenos Aires
After retiring from tennis earlier this year, Schwartzman has returned to the soccer pitch.
Mayors of eight Colombian cities adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism
The mayors promised to implement the definition as a guiding tool for supporting Jewish Communities in Colombia.
Dozens of kidnapped Colombian soldiers released, says defense ministry
The soldiers were kidnapped on August 25 after clashes in a rural part of the El Retorno municipality left 11 guerrillas dead, including a commander of a dissident faction of the former FARC rebels.
