The Sri Lankan government took custody of the Bushehr after the U.S. sank an Iranian warship, the IRIS Dena, off Sri Lanka’s ...

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.

The US has urged Sri Lanka not to return survivors of the Iranian warship IRIS Dena and the crew of another Iranian vessel in ...

India granted clearance for an Iranian warship to dock at Kochi port just days before a US submarine torpedoed and sank ...

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.

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 ...

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