President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said his island nation had a "humanitarian responsibility" to take in the crew ...

India recently approved the emergency docking of the Iranian vessel IRIS Lavan at Kochi port, following its technical issues.

The US submarine strike on an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean marked a sharp escalation in the war between the two nations, raising fresh security and economic risks across the Indo-Pacific.

The Geneva Conventions say nations have a duty to “take all possible measures” to help rescue victims of shipwrecks. A U.S. submarine left that to Sri Lanka.

The development comes a day after India said it had launched search-and-rescue (SAR) operations following the sinking of the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena. The Moudge-class warship was torpedoed by a US ...

"By sinking a vessel returning from an Indian-hosted multilateral exercise, Washington effectively turned India's maritime neighbourhood into a war zone, raising uncomfortable questions about India's ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to rule out talks with Iran absent its ...

Sri Lanka Iran Warship Two Iranian sailors, carrying green bags, who were rescued from IRIS Dena warship by Sri Lanka's navy ...

The IRIS Dena was headed back to Iran from Visakhapatnam, India, where it participated in a multination naval exercise.

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

An Iranian navy logistics ship offloaded its crew to Sri Lanka on Friday after suffering engine trouble at sea, days after ...