The powerful Ecuadorean gang leader Adolfo Macías Villamar has been extradited to the United States to face charges of drug and arms trafficking.
Known as "Fito", he was recaptured in June, almost a year after he escaped from a high-security prison (...)
A 300-member-strong Palestinian militia has emerged in Gaza, aiming to liberate the Strip from Hamas — and now it says it has the backing of Israel.
The group, calling itself the Popular Forces, operates in eastern Rafah under the leadership of (...)
USPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Brazil with a crippling tariff of 50% starting August 1, according to a letter he sent to the country's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
In the letter posted on Truth Social, Trump alleged Lula (...)
When Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot in the head on 7 June, it shocked the international community. After years of growing peace, the attack was a callback to Colombia's most violent years, when cartel-ordered (...)
RIYADH — Cristiano Ronaldo has once again proven his enduring class by clinching the Saudi Pro League Golden Boot for the second consecutive season, finishing the 2024–25 campaign with 25 goals.
The Al Nassr captain, who turned 40 earlier this year, (...)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping says "bullying" and "hegemonism" will only backfire, in a veiled reference to the United States just a day after a temporary truce was agreed in the trade war between the world's two largest economies.
Xi chose to deliver (...)
The Trump administration has revoked hundreds of student visas in nearly every corner of the country as part of a vast immigration crackdown – and few universities know why.
More than 1,000 international students and recent graduates at more than (...)
Tributes have been paid to a London-based scientist who formerly worked for the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) after he was found murdered in northern Colombia.
Alessandro Coatti's remains were discovered on the outskirts of Santa Marta, a port city (...)
The US government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and improve public health.
In response to an inquiry (...)
US President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his administration's decision to freeze foreign aid, arguing that billions of dollars were being sent to countries that "hate us."
Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in (...)
India's Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has told parliament the government is working with the US to ensure Indian citizens are not mistreated while being deported.
His statement came a day after a US military flight brought back 104 Indians accused (...)
Food distribution is being stopped. Health services are being shut down. Lifesaving aid is being tied up, with no way to disburse it.
These aren't warnings of what's to come, but examples of what aid workers say is the fallout of the Trump (...)
El Salvador has agreed to house violent US criminals and receive deportees of any nationality, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday, in an unprecedented – and legally problematic deal – that has alarmed critics and rights groups.
Rubio (...)
"Do you know who the next president is? The fun is over for you here, the music has changed ... you've got to go back."
Daniel Oquendo, 33, remembers well the first words US border agents told him after he crossed the US-Mexico border on January (...)
The US will not go ahead with tariffs on Colombia, after Bogota agreed to accept — without restrictions — deported migrants, the White House says.
Donald Trump had ordered 25% tariffs on all Colombian goods after its president barred two US military (...)
More than 80 people were killed in the country's northeast over the weekend following the government's failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, the Associated Press reported quoting a Colombian official.
Twenty others (...)
Ireland has joined South Africa's genocide case against Israel, the International Court of Justice announced Tuesday morning.
In a brief press statement, the ICJ said that Ireland had on Monday joined Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico, Libya, Bolivia, (...)
At least 13 people were killed and 30 others injured when a bus plunged into a ravine on Friday morning on the Pan-American Highway in southwestern Colombia, authorities reported.
The accident occurred around 7 a.m. local time on a mountainous road (...)
One of the founders of the Medellin drug cartel has returned to Colombia after serving more than 20 years in jail in the US for drug trafficking.
Fabio Ochoa Vasquez, now 67 years old, was deported by the US government and landed in Bogota on Monday (...)
A humpback whale has made one of the longest and most unusual migrations ever recorded, possibly driven by climate change, scientists say.
It was seen in the Pacific Ocean off Colombia in 2017, then popped up several years later near Zanzibar in the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has officially received the hosting rights for the 6th UN World Data Forum, which will take place in Riyadh in 2026.
The announcement was made at the conclusion of the 5th edition of the forum, held in Medellín, Colombia, from (...)
CARTAGENA, Colombia — The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has announced that the Abo Noghta Castles in the historic town of Tabab, located in the Asir region, has been included on the Best Tourism Villages of 2024 list.
The (...)
CARTAGENA — Saudi Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al-Khateeb emphasized the growing importance of tourism as a vital driver of global economic growth during the Kingdom's presidency of the Executive Council of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (...)
Millions of Cubans are currently without electricity following a prolonged outage at the island's main power plants.
Reports indicate that a malfunction at the Antonio Guiteras Power Plant in Matanzas on Friday left most of Cuba in (...)
NEW YORK — The incoming Presidents of the three Rio Conventions met during the UN General Assembly to discuss their collective ambitions for tackling global environmental challenges. The event, named the "Rio Trio Initiative," brought together the (...)
