President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said the island nation is neutral in the US-Israeli war on Tehran, but that humanity must prevail
Sri Lanka says it has taken custody of a second Iranian ship and rescued its 208 crew members, a day after the US sank another Iranian vessel off the island nation’s coast in an attack which killed at least 87 sailors.
The Sri Lankan Navy helped offload sailors from the second ship, the IRIS Bushehr, which had requested port entry due to engine trouble, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told reporters on Thursday.
Like the sunken IRIS Dena, the IRIS Bushehr had also participated in a naval exercise hosted by…
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