An American naval vessel has rescued a group of six Iranian sailors in the Gulf, the second incident of its kind in less than a week. Last week, Iran told the US navy to keep its warships out of the Gulf amid heightened tensions over Iran's nuclear activities. From Washington, Kim Ghattas reports.
According to the Pentagon, the Iranian fishermen aboard a cargo ship were about 80km southeast of the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr with their engine room flooding. They used
flares
and flashlights to hail the US Coast Guard cutter, the Monomoy, in the dead of night. One of the Iranians who suffered burns from a fire on board the troubled ship was now receiving medical treatment on the Monomoy. Pentagon officials said the US would
repatriate
the Iranians, but it's not clear how or when this will happen. Iran and the United States have no diplomatic ties.
The Indonesian government has lifted a tsunami warning it issued after a powerful earthquake hit the waters off the west of the country. The quake had a magnitude of 7.3 and was centred more than 400km off the coast of Aceh province in Sumatra.
An official Indian watchdog says more than two thirds of the country's milk is
adulterated
with items ranging from salt to
detergent
. A survey by the Indian food safety authority found 70% of milk samples in cities contaminated, compared with about 30% in rural areas. Consumer activists say it's the first time a government agency has confirmed what they have been saying for years.