The new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for granting diplomatic clearance to foreign vessels and government or military aircraft in the country received approval from the Sri Lankan cabinet and will likely come into effect next month, reported The Sunday Morning on Sunday.
The tanker was the subject of more than three years of appeals from the UN and environmental organizations who warned that a lack of maintenance during Yemen’s civil war meant the nearly 50-year-old vessel was at risk of spilling four times as much oil as happened in the 1989 disaster involv
Describing the current moment as a significant progress in the collaborative relationship between India and Italy,Italian Ambassador to India, Vincenzo De Luca said on Thursday that the two countries are set to engage in more comprehensive cooperation in strategic and sensitive sectors.
Quoting a statement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the Global Times reported that claiming the Ren'ai Reef as a part of China's Nansha Islands, Beijing called for restoring the original status of the reef.
11 Chinese military aircraft and five naval vessels were tracked around Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense between Monday and Tuesday, according to Taiwan News.
Analysts say the incident escalated an already tense situation and could lead the United States and its allies to accelerate plans for joint patrols in the waterway.
The Philippines on Sunday accused China of "blocking and water cannoning" a chartered supply boat in the South China Sea, which was on route to Ayungin Shoal for a routine troop rotation and resupply mission, The Manila Times reported.
Indian Coast Guard ship Arnvesh and a helicopter rescued eight fishermen, who were on board a sinking vessel 21 nautical miles west of Kochi, officials said on Saturday.
Indian Naval Ship Khanjar, mission deployed in the Southern IOR, arrived at Trincomalee on Saturday, Sri Lanka for an operational turnaround, informed the Ministry of Defence
Indian Naval Ship Khanjar, has safely brought back 36 Indian fishermen who were stranded 130 nautical miles from the Tamil Nadu coast in the Bay of Bengal.