Colombia says it sent 26 members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor to the United States after determining that the rights of some of the children in the group were at risk

Authorities in Colombia are dealing with increasingly sophisticated criminals, who use advanced tech to produce and conceal the drugs they hope to export around the world. But police and the military are fighting back,

The orange level alert was issued as footage was released showing ash and smoke spewing from the volcano near the city of Popayan in Colombia.

The cocaine, stored in dozens of 110-pound sacks inside a warehouse, was "camouflaged" in a mixture with plaster, officials said.

The artifacts are the first treasures to be recovered from the wreckage of the San José, a Spanish galleon that was sunk by the British Royal Navy in the Caribbean more than 300 years ago.

Colombia is leading the charge to map out a global transition from oil, gas and coal at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil. “The time is now. History demands that we act,” said Colombia’s Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres earlier this week.

Colombia has recovered the first artifacts from San José galleon, also known as the legendary "Holy Grail of shipwrecks." It is said to contain $20 billion worth of treasure.

Venezuela’s ninth Miss International winner, Andrea Rubio from 2023, returned to the pageant this year as host and was joined by 2019 Miss International Japan Momi Okada and Max Powers.

Colombian migration authorities on Monday reported the expulsion of several members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Lev Tahor sect to the United States, including 17 foreign minors whom they considered at risk of having their rights violated.