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Sri Lanka sent home 238 Iranian sailors, including survivors of a US torpedo attack

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 17, 2026 (AP) — Sri Lanka has sent home 238 Iranian sailors, including 32 who survived a U.S torpedo attack that sank their ship in the Indian Ocean, officials said Friday. A U.S. submarine sank the IRIS Dena on March 4 while the ship was returning home after taking part in a naval exercise on invitation from India. The Sri Lankan navy recovered 87 bodies and 32 were hospitalized. A second Iranian ship was brought to a southern Sri Lankan port after its crew reported technical problems. Defense Ministry spokesman Brig. Franklin Joseph said Friday that

Rupee rises 29 paise to settle at 92.85 against US dollar

Mumbai, Apr 17 (PTI) The rupee appreciated by 29 paise to settle at 92.85 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, buoyed by a weakening American currency and retreating crude oil prices amid increasing hopes of easing geopolitical tensions. Renewed buying in domestic equity markets and fresh inflow of foreign funds also supported the local currency, forex traders said. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 92.93 and touched an intraday high of 92.65 against the greenback. The unit also touched the day’s low of 92.98 before ending the session at 92.85 (provisional) against the American currency,

Helicopter crash on Indonesia’s Borneo island kills 8

JAKARTA, Indonesia, April 17, 2026 (AP) — A helicopter flying between palm oil plantations on Borneo Island crashed, killing the eight people on board, Indonesian officials said Friday. The Airbus H130 owned by PT Matthew Air Nusantara lost contact Thursday, five minutes after it took off from Melawi district in West Kalimantan province. It was on its way to another palm oil plantation in Kubu Raya district. Searchers later located the wreckage and recovered the bodies of the two crew members and six passengers in the dense forests in Sekadau district, according to the National Search and Rescue Agency and

Delimitation will turn out to be ‘political demonetisation’: Tharoor slams govt

New Delhi, Apr 17 (PTI) Delimitation will turn out to be “political demonetisation”, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Friday while slamming the government for linking women’s reservation with the expansion of Parliament. Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments in the women’s quota law and setting up a delimitation commission, Tharoor said linking women’s reservation with delimitation is to hold the aspirations of Indian women hostage to “one of the most contentious and complex” administrative exercises in the country’s history. “Today we stand at a threshold where there is near

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