LIMA, Peru -- An explosion on a street in a northern Peruvian region plagued by organized crime injured at least 10 people and damaged 25 homes, authorities said Friday.

Powerhouse fruit producer Peru is paving the way to open new markets for its exports in Asia, hoping the continent can soon displace the US as the top buyer of one of its key agricultural products.

The Peruvian Congress last week passed a law that reduces income tax to 15% from the current 29.5% for large agricultural exporters over the next 10 years. Medium-sized businesses would pay 1.5% income tax, while small businesses would be exempt from the tax.

A Peruvian judge ordered the pre-trial detention for former president Martin Vizcarra on Wednesday for allegedly taking bribes while he was governor more than a decade ago.

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has visited an Amazon River island at the center of a territorial dispute with Colombia.

LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's constitutional court on Tuesday ruled to suspend ongoing investigations by the prosecutor's office into President Dina Boluarte. Boluarte was under investigation for her role in the deaths of protestors after she came into power in late 2022, illicit enrichment and her possession of pricey jewelry.

Peru's gold exports to China surged in the first half of 2025 to surpass shipments from all of last year, according to government data released in August.

Back in 2015, a grave digger in Peru stumbled onto something straight out of science fiction — a stash of strange mummified bodies hidden in a cave. What made them instantly infamous? Each had just three fingers and three toes. Since then, the so-called ...