BOGOTA, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Gen. Mario Montoya quit as commander of Colombia's army Tuesday after a probe linked military troops to the slayings of civilians.
MANILA, Philippines, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Resisting calls to engage in a full military assault, the president of the Philippines has promised to protect civilians during a conflict with rebels.
LASKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- British defense sources contend Taliban forces in Afghanistan caused the deaths of several civilians by placing them at risk.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- At least 33 people, including eight civilians, died in a coalition airstrike in southern Afghanistan, military officials said Monday.
QUITO, Ecuador, July 15 (UPI) -- Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said that Colombia's recent successful effort to free 15 hostages was more luck than the result of "good planning."
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 23 (UPI) -- A human-rights expert is calling for an end to the conflict in Somalia in the wake of a recent surge in violence that left dozens of civilians dead.
BOGOTA, March 31 (UPI) -- Venezuelan military officials met with leftist rebel leaders from neighboring Colombia to discuss arming the Marxist group, Colombian defense officials alleged.
BOGOTA, March 27 (UPI) -- Colombian authorities assert that left-wing rebel groups are attacking Colombian farmers from Ecuador.
CARACAS, Venezuela, March 18 (UPI) -- The Organization of American states announced Tuesday that it "rejects" Colombia's attack on a leftist rebel camp inside Ecuador.
WASHINGTON, March 13 (UPI) -- Mexican officials have disputed claims that several Mexican students killed in a recent raid on Colombian rebels were being trained in the use of explosives.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, March 7 (UPI) -- The leaders of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela have decided to end their diplomatic row over Colombia's killing of a Colombian rebel leader in Ecuador.
QUITO, Ecuador, March 3 (UPI) -- Ecuador has broken diplomatic ties with Colombia in the wake of the killing of a Colombian rebel leader inside Ecuadorian territory.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday that neighboring Colombia is planning to attack his country.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Venezuela recalled its ambassador to Colombia Tuesday amid an ongoing spat between the Latin American neighbors over Colombia's leading rebel group.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called for U.S. military restraint after a major bombardment of a Baghdad suburb killed 49 people.
