Aussie woman was arrested in Colombia for allegedly carrying drugs.

Cassie Sainsbury is facing up to 25 years in jail for allegedly carrying 5.8kg of cocaine.

Woman is facing 25 years in a Colombian jail after cocaine was found in her suitcase.

Rescuers have been searching desperately through mud-plastered rubble for victims.

Colombian president declares state of emergency after landslide sweeps through city.

Clinic where video was filmed says 'respect for dignity of every patient is important'.

International animal protection groups are heading to Wellington Zoo to talk conservation.

A deal to allow for 14 flights a week to Colombia has been signed and more agreements are in the pipeline.

A Colombian teenager has written off a $50,000 luxury Mercedes in a fiery crash during a street race.

The head of the charter airline whose plane crashed in the Andes last week has been detained by Bolivian prosecutors for questioning.

It's been 23 years, so who has claimed Pablo Escobar's crown? This is who has taken over the notorious Colombian drug overlord's trade.

Bolivia's aviation authority has suspended the licence of the airline behind the horrific plane crash as blame shifted to the pilot and co-owner of the airline.

Heartbreaking video footage from inside the plane that crashed this week showed the co-pilot and team members speaking at their excitement about the trip.

The desperate last words of the pilot flying the doomed jet carrying a Brazilian football team have emerged.

An Australian comedian has been forced to apologise after he tweeted an off-colour joke about a plane crash that killed 71 people

Video shows a plane full of joking, laughing footballers preparing for takeoff. Soon after it was taken, almost all of them were killed.

Investigators already have an idea of what's to blame for the plane crash tragedy that killed 71 passengers, including a beloved football team.

Airplane travel is a routine part of athletes' lives, but when something goes awry, sports fans and the families of those lost never forget.

The footballers of Chapecoense changed to the doomed plane after Brazilian officials prevented them from taking a charter flight, it has been claimed.

The Colombian came fourth in the 63kg event at the Rio Olympics, yet her enthusiasm was not dimmed.

The parents of little Elisa, 11, erected a fence around their northern beaches home after she escaped earlier this year, it has been revealed.

Colombian voters rejected a peace deal with Farc rebels in a surprise outcome that risks prolonging a 52-year-old conflict.

Colombians voted today in a historic referendum on whether to end the longest running civil war in the West.

On the eve of a historic vote expected to end Colombia's 52-year conflict with the FARC, rebels prepare to reenter a world very different from the one they left.

Colombia's war has displaced seven million people but even with a peace agreement looming many victims of the 52-year conflict are wary of returning to their farms and villages.

Agreement on a definitive ceasefire is one of the last steps towards ending Latin America's longest civil war.

Cafes, culture and art - it's all do-able in a whistle-stop tour of Bogota.

A crash in practice has put an end to Sarah Walker's hopes of qualifying for the Rio Olympics.

The female guerrillas are the most savage and brutal interrogators said one of the special forces officers, but the women also have an unseen loving side.

A Spanish ship that went down off the coast of Colombia more than 300 years ago is believed to have been carrying 11 million gold coins - possibly worth billions.