An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted northern Peru early Wednesday. According to Peru’s Geophysical Institute, the quake, which occurred at 0415 GMT in Peru’s northern province of Amazonas, was at a depth of 219 km and...

Five people have died in the northern city of Piura in violent clashes between shopkeepers and police over plans to remove street vendors from the vicinity of a local market, Peruvian media reported on Thursday. Three people died on Wednesday and two...

An unknown number of people were injured in an army helicopter crash in a remote area of the southeastern Peruvian province of Huancavelica due to heavy winds, a media report said.