Sri Lanka’s attempt to stay neutral in the U.S-Israel war on Iran has become an important foreign policy test for the National People’s Power government. Addressing parliament last week, President ...

A television cameraman films the Iranian ship Iris Lavan docked at a port in Kochi, India, on March 7, 2026. (Sivaram Venkitasubramanian/NurPhoto via Getty Images). NEW DELHI — Two Iranian warships ...

WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. is pressing Sri Lanka not to repatriate the survivors from an Iranian warship it sank this week or the crew of a second Iranian ship that is in Sri Lankan ...

Sri Lanka began offloading 208 crew members from a second Iranian vessel a day after 87 people were killed and several others were still missing following a U.S. submarine strike on an Iranian warship ...

Thousands of miles from Iran's capital, Tehran, the war in the Middle East reached Sri Lanka's southern coast Wednesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles ...

A day after rescuing Iranian sailors from the wreckage of a warship sunk by a U.S. submarine, Sri Lanka’s neutrality is being tested. By Anupreeta Das and Pamodi Waravita Pamodi Waravita reported from ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. U.S. submarine sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka coast; 87 bodies recovered, 32 rescued from the IRIS Dena.

GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) — A torpedo fired by a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, whose navy said Wednesday it recovered 87 bodies and rescued 32 people. The Iranian ...

Sri Lanka’s navy responded to a distress call from an Iranian warship, but found only oil slicks, empty life rafts and the bodies of sailors in the water after a U.S. torpedo strike sank the vessel in ...

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. military carried out a strike that ‌sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka's coast and ‌triggered a rescue for dozens of Iranian sailors by Sri Lanka's navy, ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said it was the first such strike since World War II. The Sri Lankan authorities said they had rescued 32 sailors from the crew of 180. By Pamodi Waravita Anupreeta Das ...

Pakistan will need a big win over already-eliminated Sri Lanka and some help from England to keep their semifinal hopes alive in the T20 World Cup when they play their final Super 8 match on Saturday.