Colombia

Brooklyn hasidic Jew found dead in remote area of Colombia, ZAKA working to repatriate body

Reports suggest that the body of 51-year-old Rabbi Nachum Israel Auer was found in a desecrated state, but investigators are still piecing together the details.

Rabbi Nahum Israel Ober.
Scene of explosives attack in western Colombia, April 25, 2026.

At least 13 killed, 17 injured in Colombia explosives attack, police source says

A US Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft takes off from RAF Fairford on March 19, 2026 in Fairford, England. Since UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer back-tracked on his initial refusal to allow the US to use British bases to launch defensive strikes.

Colombian military plane involved in accident had 125 soldiers onboard, media reports

Boeing 737 aircraft.

Possible bullet hole found on American Airlines jet after Colombia flight


Four die during protests as Colombia marks a month of demonstrations

Violence has marked demonstrations over the last four weeks

Four die during protests as Colombia marks a month of demonstrations

Colombia warns of new and aggressive strains of dangerous coffee fungus

Colombia, one of the world's leading coffee producers, is urging farmers to plant more resistant coffee varieties in an effort to stop the spread of a dangerous fungus.

A handful of coffee beans

Venezuela, Colombia rights groups ask for UN envoy amid border violence

Colombian officials estimate that some 4,000 people have fled Venezuela for Colombia since March 21 following a military offensive in Venezuela's Apure state.

Venezuelan soldiers patrol by boat on the Arauca River, the border between Colombia and Venezuela, as seen from Arauquita, Colombia, March 28, 2021.

Colombia reports first death from Brazilian COVID variant

Brazil has registered more than 275,000 deaths from COVID-19, second only to the United States.

Cartagena, Colombia

Israeli company making water from thin air comes to help Colombian state

The devices extract drinking water from the air itself, and can provide up to 800 liters of fresh water per day.

The Watergen devices donated to Colombia.

Israeli-Colombian food-tech startup Demetria helps industry wake up & smell coffee

Until now, coffee-bean quality has been determined solely by cupping, a manual, expensive, time-consuming process carried out by the industry’s certified tasting experts.

Captura de Pantalla

Israeli citizen murdered in Colombia by local criminals, police suspect

Shushan was shot in the head twice at point-blank range by an unknown assailant who managed to escape before police arrived the scene.

A view from the "Comuna 13" neighborhood in Medellin, September 2, 2015

First-ever virtual 'Israel Summit' launched by Harvard, Columbia University

"Our goal is to allow students of all backgrounds to form unique and personal connections to the State of Israel, in a holistic and nonpartisan environment."

"The Israel Summit"

Colombia to deport alleged drug crime-lord and pimp from Israel

Immigration authorities of the South-American country said Barmi was living in the country illegally and won’t be allowed to return for a decade.

A member of the Anti-Narcotics Division of El Salvador Civil Police stands guard next to seized packages of cocaine during an operation near the coast in San Salvador, El Salvador October 11, 2018.

Seven dead in police brutality protests in Colombia

Demonstrators were protesting the death this week of lawyer and father of two Javier Ordonez, 46, who died after being subjected to successive electric shocks as he begged "Please, no more."

Protesters clash with police after a man, who was detained for violating social distancing rules, died from being repeatedly shocked with a stun gun by officers, according to authorities, in Bogota, Colombia September 9, 2020.