Sources: Xinhua
The death toll from the landslide in Medellín, Colombia, on Wednesday rises to 22, with eight others still missing. 2025-06-28
Colombia requests the departure of the Israeli ambassador following Colombian President Gustavo Petro's remarks criticizing Israel's actions. In response, Israel suspends security exports to Colombia. 2023-10-16
Colombian Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo permits a U.S. Army unit to resume its advisory mission in the country after the Colombian Senate found that it did not constitute a deployment of foreign troops. A court had suspended the mission in early July after the opposition argued it did count as foreign troop movement, and thus needed Senate authorization. 2020-08-27
Colombia formalizes its membership with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), becoming the 37th nation in the organization. 2020-04-28
Gunmen open fire on a vehicle carrying Colombian mayoral candidate Karina García, killing her, her mother, a candidate for the municipal council, and three activists. 2019-09-2
Two former Colombian ministers Sabas Pretelt and Diego Palacio are sentenced to six years in prison for corruption in bribing lawmakers to support the 2006 re-election bid of former President Alvaro Uribe. 2015-04-15
Colombia asks Israel to extradite former Israeli army Lt. Col. Yair Klein, who was convicted by a Colombian court "in absentia" for training drug lords' assassins in the 1980s. 2011-01-28
The death toll in Colombia's mine blast reaches 70, as 4 more charred corpses are retrieved. 2010-06-21
Colombia makes a formal diplomatic protest to Venezuela over the latter's alleged violation of Colombian airspace by a military helicopter. 2010-01-28