Sri Lankan firefighters extinguish blaze on container ship
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Firefighters in Sri Lanka on Tuesday extinguished a blaze on a container ship that hadContinue Reading
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Sri Lanka questions burning cargo ship crew as ecological devastation assessed
Sri Lanka’s criminal investigators began questioning the crew of a burning cargo ship Monday, as the Singapore-registered carrier smouldered forContinue Reading
Sri Lanka to sue Singapore ship owners over marine pollution
Sri Lankan authorities Sunday said they will sue the owners of a Singapore-registered cargo carrier which has burned for 11Continue Reading
Sri Lanka faces marine disaster as waves of plastic from burning ship wash ashore
NEGOMBO, SRI LANKA (AFP)- Sri Lanka faces an unprecedented pollution crisis as waves of plastic waste from a burning containerContinue Reading
Air India Flight Returns Mid-Air To Delhi After Bat Found In Plane
New Delhi– In an unusual incident, an Air India flight which had taken off from Delhi airport early on ThursdayContinue Reading
Sri Lanka braces for beach pollution as ship burns
Three Indian vessels on Thursday joined the battle to contain a major fire on a container ship off the SriContinue Reading
Protests spread across once-quiet Oman as economy flounders
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protests over mass layoffs and Oman’s poor economy spread Tuesday to cities across theContinue Reading
Ship fire rages for 6th day off Sri Lanka, India sends ships
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A fire on a container ship carrying chemicals raged off Sri Lanka for a sixthContinue Reading
Crew evacuated after explosion on container ship off Colombo
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An explosion occurred Tuesday on a ship anchored near Sri Lanka’s capital on which aContinue Reading
Sri Lanka OKs panel to run huge Chinese luxury development
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Parliament on Thursday passed a law installing a powerful economic commission to administerContinue Reading
