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Rescue workers search through the rubble of a collapsed building the day after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, August 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
August 11, 2026, 6:52 pm
Colombia searches for over 3,000 missing after a powerful quake kills more than 170
Families seek information about loved ones on citizen-run sites as soldiers, rescue personnel dig through rubble of buildings destroyed by 7.4-magnitude earthquake
By MARKO ÁLVAREZ, ASTRID SUAREZ and MEGAN JANETSKY
View of the first snow this winter on Mount Hermon in Syria, as seen from the northern Golan Heights near the Syrian border, on December 13, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
August 10, 2026, 10:52 pm
New Colombian government recognizes Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights
South American country is just 2nd in world after US to endorse Israeli claim over territory captured from Syria in 1967; FM Sa’ar thanks Bogota for ‘historic decision’
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, August 10, 2026. (AP Photo/ Santiago Saldarriaga)
August 10, 2026, 10:11 pm
Huge quake hits west Colombia, killing at least 73 people and collapsing buildings
Israel offers ‘to assist Colombia with whatever is needed’ in quake that comes days after new president is inaugurated, and less than 2 months after twin quakes in Venezuela
By AP and Lazar Berman
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, right, meets with Colombia’s incoming president Abelardo de la Espriella at the latter's office in Barranquilla on August 6, 2026, a day before de la Espriella's inauguration. (Lodis Studios)
August 8, 2026, 6:52 am
New Colombian president, who has pledged to restore ties with Israel, takes office
Abelardo de la Espriella meets with Gideon Sa’ar, who thanks him for vow to move embassy to Jerusalem; inauguration held in Cali to signal harder line against illegal armed groups
Colombia's incoming foreign minister Omar Bola Escobar (left) meets with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar in Washington on July 14, 2026. (Shmulik Almany/Foreign Ministry)
August 5, 2026, 3:18 pm
Sa’ar heads to Colombia, Ecuador as Israel warms ties with Latin America’s right
Foreign minister to attend inauguration of pro-Israel Colombian president, who has vowed to renew strategic alliance, open embassy in Jerusalem after predecessor cut ties over Gaza
By Lazar Berman
Colombia's incoming foreign minister Omar Bola Escobar (left) meets with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar in Washington on July 14, 2026. (Shmulik Almany/Foreign Ministry)
July 16, 2026, 6:21 am
Colombia’s next FM says Bogota will open embassy in Jerusalem – 9th country to do so
Jerusalem says the two countries also agreed to restore full diplomatic ties; President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella campaigned on ‘renewing a strategic alliance’ with Israel
By Lazar Berman
Colombia's president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella speaks to supporters from behind bullet-proof glass following the preliminary results of the presidential runoff election in Barranquilla, Colombia, on June 21, 2026. (Jaime SALDARRIAGA / AFP)
June 24, 2026, 11:45 pm
Colombia’s president-elect vows to work with Israel ‘like never before’
Trump-backed De la Espriella says he’ll reverse outgoing Petro’s anti-Israel policies, push Bogota closer to Washington and Jerusalem; Sa’ar congratulates ‘true friend’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella of the opposition Defenders of the Motherland movement speaks to supporters from inside a bulletproof booth at a celebration rally after runoff election results showed him leading in Barranquilla, Colombia, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
June 23, 2026, 9:03 am
Trump-endorsed, pro-Israel populist poised to become Colombia’s next president
Political neophyte Abelardo de la Espriella, who vows to open embassy in Jerusalem, leads runoff by 1 percentage point, or nearly 251,000 votes, with all but a fraction counted
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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