Sri Lanka rescued survivors of the Iranian ship hit by a torpedo, along with hundreds more from a second ship. The US doesn't ...

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - The United States is pressing Sri Lanka's government not to repatriate the ...

The Sri Lankan president said the country was guided by neutrality, while seeking to uphold humanitarian principles.

Sri Lanka is bringing more than 200 sailors from an Iranian ship ashore after the vessel sought assistance near the Indian ...

The internal State Department cable dated March 6, not previously reported, said Jayne Howell, the US charge d’affaires in ...

It has also asked Sri Lanka to not send back the crew of another Iranian ship, IRIS Booshehr, that is in Sri Lankan custody.

Sri Lankan authorities said on Friday they were escorting a second Iranian naval vessel to harbour and moving 208 of its crew ...

On March 4, an Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dena sank some 40-50 nautical miles off the southern coast of Galle, an important maritime route in Sri Lanka. According to the Sri Lanka Navy, at least 180 ...

Colombo mounts rescue op for IRIS Bushehr, whose engine malfunctioned near its Exclusive Economic Zone, while upholding neutrality after US torpedoing of IRIS Dena off Lankan coast.

The incident took place on March 4 in international waters about 40 nautical miles off Galle on Sri Lanka's southern coast ...