Peru
Shipping through the Panama Canal remains uninterrupted after country hit by a 7.7 mag. earthquake
Panama Airport was closed as a precaution while the Naturgy power company reported electricity supply disruptions across six Panamanian provinces. The Panama Canal remains operational.
Iranian terror activity in Western Hemisphere jointly condemned by 11 regional countries
MDA hosts knowledge-sharing workshop for Latin American, Spanish emergency organization officials
Israeli man in his 60s dies in Peru after more than three years in prison
Five new ambassadors welcomed to Israel by President Herzog
The traditional vin d'honneur reception took place at Jerusalem's King David hotel, with new ambassadors meeting their colleagues from other countries.
Evidence of smallpox in 16th century Peru uncovered in Incan children's skeletal remains
The defects found on the bones of the two children highlight a devastating impact of European colonization.
Fossil of 16-million-year-old river dolphin found in Peru
Paleontologist Rodolfo Salas said the skull belonged to the largest dolphin known to have inhabited the waters of South America, measuring 3 to 3.5 meters long.
Peru arrests two suspects of planned antisemitic attack, formation of terrorist cell
According to the Peruvian National Police's (PNP) post, the suspects both have Peruvian citizenship, though one of them is through marriage. They were arrested for attempting to form a terror cell.
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.
Peru pipeline workers unearth ancient children's cemetery
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.
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.
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.
Peruvian village horrified by attacks from 'giant yellow-eyed aliens'
Peruvian villagers claim that aliens standing at two meters tall attack them every night.
