Real Madrid on Tuesday signed Colombian striker James Rodriguez, the top scorer at the World Cup, from Monaco on a six season contract.

Neither team gave the transfer fee, but Spanish media reported a figure of between €75 million and €80 million ($101m-$108m), making him one of the most expensive players in history.

Colombia's newly re-elected President Juan Manuel Santos installed a new legislature Sunday, calling it a "Congress of peace" and asking for its support in creating a post-conflict nation amid negotiations with the FARC.

Colombians re-elected Santos in mid-June in a cliffhanger poll seen as a referendum on peace talks to end Latin America's longest running armed conflict.

Marxist FARC rebels and representatives from Colombia's government sat down together on Tuesday for the first time in more than a month, tying up loose ends as they embark on a new round of peace talks.

The meeting is the first between the two sides since the re-election last month of President Juan Manuel Santos, which gave a big push to the negotiations.

Colombian troops killed 14 FARC guerrillas in fighting over the weekend, as the military pressed an offensive ahead of a resumption of peace talks in Havana.

The fighting was part of a "sustained and continuous operation" against the FARC in northwestern Colombia, General Juan Pablo Rodriguez, head of the armed forces, told reporters on Monday.

Three soldiers were killed in an explosion in northern Colombia, defense officials said Thursday, without identifying the culprits.

The attack took place Wednesday in Norte de Santander, a department bordering Venezuela that is home to several different illegal groups.

Colombia's second largest guerrilla group, the ELN, claimed responsibility for a weekend attack on an oil pipeline that left 13 people wounded, just weeks after launching peace talks with the government.

The National Liberation Army, which last month announced it would take part in the peace process, launched home-made explosives Sunday targeting a facility along the 780-kilometer (485-mile) Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline, one of the country's main oil conduits.

Thirteen people were wounded when assailants launched home-made explosives at an oil camp in eastern Colombia, the army said late Sunday.

The victims "were at a religious gathering inside the camp ... when they were attacked in a vile and cowardly manner with those non-conventional weapons," the army statement read.

U.N. cultural agency UNESCO on Saturday granted its coveted World Heritage status to a vast and ancient Inca road system spanning six countries in South America.

The listing of the Qhapaq Nan roads will boost efforts to preserve and promote the network -- an engineering marvel comparable to the vast road system of the Roman Empire.

Ivory Coast international Serey Die showed true dedication to his country by playing on despite the fact his father passed away just two hours before kick-off.

The brave midfielder broke down as the Ivory Coast national anthem played out ahead of their Group C game against Colombia on Thursday night.

Colombia maintained South America's strong start to the World Cup on Thursday, downing the Ivory Coast 2-1 to stay on course for a place in the last 16.

A day after Chile eliminated defending champions Spain, Colombia produced a fine attacking display to down the powerful Ivorians in Group C.