Colombia

BOGOTÁ, Colombia - Seven people were killed during two ambushes at the western and eastern edges of the Colombian jungle and the government has blamed the Army of National Liberation (ELN) while the rebels have placed the blame on right-wing paramilitary unit operating in the areas as the two sides attempt peace talks.

The co-partner of Turkey's global Nusr-et chain of grill houses, Nusret Gökçe, who recently became a social media phenomenon for his meat-cutting and salt-drizzling skills, has taken role in the famous TV series Narcos, which tells the life of Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar.    

If you live in a depressing part of the world (a city that takes all your hard-earned cash for example) you’re probably desperate for an escape of some sort – one to the happiest country on Earth, maybe?

With World Happiness Day swiftly coming up we thought we’d bring you some happy news.

Norway has been declared the country with the happiest population in the world. The evaluation is contained in the World Happiness Report published on Monday and drafted by the organisation Sustainable Development Solutions Network at the request of the UN.

The report was published on International Happiness Day - March 20.

The cultivation of the coca crop in Colombia has hit record levels for two years in a row, making the country the world's major producer of cocaine, according to the US State Department's annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia - Germán Vargas Lleras, the Vice-President of Colombia since 2014, has announced that he is leaving his post as the second-in-command to President Juan Manuel Santos as he intends to focus on finalizing his official candidacy for the 2018 election.

Former Greek PM George Papandreou was voted in as the president of the Socialist International for a second term. Mr. Papandreou, who has largely been associated for inviting the IMF to Greece in 2010, was unanimously re-elected as the head of the movement during the body’s conference in Colombia. During his acceptance speech Mr.

A movie about the Rolling Stones 2016 Latin America tour, which culminated in their first-ever concert in Cuba, will open this year's Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (TDF) on Friday.

The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has nominated prominent Turkish journalist Kadri Gürsel, who has been in jail for 116 days, for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.

His wife, Nazire Kalkan Gürsel, announced the nomination via her official Twitter account.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia - The last active unit of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has arrived in one of the many Transition Zones, or demobilization camps, established throughout the country where they will turn over their weapons and begin the transition to civilian life.