{
  "id": 16557019,
  "title": "Lanka rushes 27 Iranian sailors ashore for treatment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/lanka-rushes-27-iranian-sailors-ashore-for-treatment",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T00:03:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/lanka-rushes-27-iranian-sailors-ashore-for-treatment/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sri Lanka provided humanitarian assistance to 27 Iranian sailors brought ashore after they fell ill aboard vessels outside the country’s territorial waters, in accordance with international maritime law and recognised humanitarian principles, Addressing the media, Deputy Health Minister Hansaka Wijemuni said Sri Lanka’s response was guided by its international obligations and that humanitarian…",
  "key_points": [],
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Iranian sailors seek urgent medical help as tankers remain stranded off Sri Lanka",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/iranian-sailors-seek-urgent-medical-help-as-tankers-remain-stranded",
        "published": "2026-10-25T07:03:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Stranded Iranian sailors seek medical treatment in Sri Lanka",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/stranded-iranian-sailors-seek-medical-treatment-in-sri-lanka",
        "published": "2026-10-25T07:41:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Sri Lanka provides medical help and repatriates 40 Iranian sailors stranded in the Indian Ocean",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/sri-lanka-provides-medical-help-and-repatriates-40-iranian-sailors",
        "published": "2026-10-25T14:42:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Sri Lanka rescues 40 Iranian sailors, spokesman says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/sri-lanka-rescues-40-iranian-sailors-spokesman-says",
        "published": "2026-10-25T17:32:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}