DUBAI: The Indian foreign minister said Saturday an Iranian naval vessel has docked in India. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said the IRIS Lavan is docked in the southern city of Kochi after India granted permission when the vessel reported “having problems” on March 1. News agency Press Trust of India, citing unnamed “government sources,” had earlier reported that the ship has been in Kochi since March 4. “I think it was the humane thing to do,” Jaishankar said. A US submarine sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday.

Sources in Sri Lanka's defense ministry said the vessel was hit by a submarine, but a navy spokesperson rejected any reports on the cause of the ship sinking.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka began transferring more than 200 sailors from an Iranian vessel to shore Friday after the ship sought assistance while anchored outside the country’s waters, as…