The Latest Breaking News from Colombia

On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. The operators of the telegraphs reported receiving electrical shocks, telegraph paper catching fire, and being able to operate equipment with batteries disconnected. During the evenings, the aurora borealis, more commonly known as the northern lights, could be…

The U.S. is faced with the likelihood of eventually reopening its southern border to asylum seekers, and the government is urging allies in Latin America to shore up their immigration controls and expand their own asylum programs

The striker has already missed some action for the Light Blues this season due to international duty

His non-participation for the World Cup qualifiers in January were compounded by the fact Rangers were dismantled 3-0 by title rivals Celtic.

Mathematician Sergio Fajardo, chosen to represent Colombia's center-left coalition at presidential elections in May, will need to present concrete policies against poverty and graft to defeat foes in a bitterly polarized nation, analysts said.

A humpback whale we tagged while it was feeding off the Western Antarctic Peninsula made a nearly 19,000 km-round trip in 265 days, travelling north from Antarctica to its breeding area off Colombia and back. Whales migrate thousands of kilometres each year, gathering to mate and give birth in the…

Colombians have voted for a new congress and also cast ballots in presidential primaries to choose party candidates for the May presidential contest

For months, Gustavo Petro, the former guerrilla and Bogota mayor, has been all the talk ahead of Colombia’s presidential elections. The rich fear him, while many of the poor love his promises to redistribute land and wealth.

Colombians will go to the polls on Sunday to elect members of congress and participate in one of three presidential primaries for candidates from right, left and centrist coalitions.

Colombians from areas hard hit by nearly six decades of fighting will for the first time on Sunday elect victims of the conflict to serve as special lawmakers in Congress, fulfilling part of the terms of a 2016 peace accord.

Faustino Asprilla believes there is more to come from Luis Diaz at Liverpool