NEW DELHI: Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has called US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in protest after American strikes on three largely Indian-crewed merchant vessels off Oman killed three Indians, upping the diplomatic ante. The call came after New Delhi summoned a senior US diplomat in the Indian capital for a second time in two days over the incident. “Spoke to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio this evening,” Jaishankar said early Saturday in a post on X. “I reiterated India’s strong protest at the attacks by the US Navy in the Gulf that killed three Indian mariners.

India summoned the US Chargé dAffaires to protest an attack on the commercial vessel Settebello off Oman's coast, which carried 24 Indian crew members. While 21 have been rescued,…

The government on Wednesday summoned US diplomat after a vessel, with Indian crew, was attacked off the Oman coast. Additional secretary (Americas) in the ministry of external…

India protests US strike on commercial vessel off Oman coast, with 3 Indian crew missing. MEA calls for de-escalation and safe maritime navigation.

India has lodged a strong protest with the US. A US military strike off Oman's coast targeted a merchant vessel. Three Indian crew members are missing. Twenty-one others were…

India has summoned the US Charge d'Affaires following attacks on merchant vessels carrying Indian sailors near Oman. Three Indian sailors have died in recent incidents. The…