Peru

Thirteen dead after tourism aircraft crashes near Nazca Lines in Peru

Flights over the Nazca Lines departing from the nearby Maria Reiche Airport had been suspended on Friday due to winds exceeding 40 kph (25 mph), which kicked up dust and reduced visibility.

A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (foreground); illustrative.
Erling Haaland of Norway in action during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round Of 16 match between Brazil and Norway at New York New Jersey Stadium on July 5, 2026 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Over 500 Peruvian babies named after Norwegian soccer star Haaland after legendary World Cup run

 CHILE-POLITICS-GOVERNMENT Chile's President Jose Antonio Kast delivers his State of the Nation address in Valparaiso, Chile, on June 1, 2026.

Chile, Colombia, Peru go conservative: What’s next for Latin America? - analysis

Left-wing presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez, who is expected to face right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori in a runoff in June, addresses the media in Lima, Peru, April 30, 2026.

Peru presidential candidate Sanchez accused of financial crimes after advancing to runoff


Man in Peru charged with making recent bomb threats to US synagogues, FBI says

The FBI says Nunez Santos, who is Peruvian, embarked on the bomb threat spree after asking teen girls to send him pornographic pictures of themselves and being rejected.

FBI van in Texas

Peru pipeline workers unearth ancient children's cemetery

 Skeletal remains of a 3-year-old infant and offerings that formed a funeral bundle with an approximate age of 1000 years found by the Calidda company during excavations to install natural gas are pictured in Lima, Peru, April 26, 2023

Herzog receives credentials of 7 new ambassadors to Israel

It was not only a matter of further cementing diplomatic connections between Israel and the home countries of the ambassadors, but of links between members of Herzog’s family and those countries.

 Israeli President Isaac Herzog is seen receiving the new Irish ambassador, at the President's Residence, on September 19, 2023.

Peru doctors save toddler who swallowed eight medical needles

Local media reported that the needles were used to vaccinate farm animals where the boy's mother works.

 A syringe is filled with a dose of Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a pop-up community vaccination center in Valley Stream, New York

Archaeologists unearth 1,000-year-old mummy in Peru residential neighborhood

Mummies and ancient offerings have already been found in the Huaca Pucllana site, and experts see the site as a Pandora's Box with much more to be found.

An archaeologist works on a site where a 1,000-year-old mummy was unearthed, at a residential neighbourhood, in Lima, Peru September 6, 2023.

Peruvian village horrified by attacks from 'giant yellow-eyed aliens'

Peruvian villagers claim that aliens standing at two meters tall attack them every night.


Ancient polychrome wall found in northern Peru likely over 4,000 years old

The wall is thought to have been part of a ceremonial temple.

Archaeologists work on a 4,500-year-old polychrome wall, part of a temple belonging to the Late Preceramic period, in the Huaca Tomabal in the Valley of Viru, Peru August 22, 2023.

Cocaine in a carpet? Police thwart attempted smuggling

Three residents of Petach Tikvah tried to smuggle cocaine to Israel from Peru using an unconventional method.

(From right) Lior Amunah, Aviel Elgarbali, Tamiro Molla, defendants in the cocaine carpet case

'Aliens' who attacked Peruvian tribe are illegal miners with jetpacks - police

An indigenous tribe in Peru believes it is being attacked by aliens, but authorities believe the real culprits are illegal gold miners wearing jetpacks.

 AI generated image of an armored alien.

Peruvian tribe claims it was attacked by seven-foot 'aliens'

The tribe says they’ve endured multiple attacks, one of which sent a 15-year-old girl to the hospital.

 An artistic rendition of an alien.