1+ hour, 43+ min ago   (560+ words) Rights groups say at least 76 Ethiopian nationals are at imminent risk, amid allegations of rushed trials, lack of legal representation and coercion in drug-related cases. Tesfay says his trial lasted only two minutes and that he had neither a lawyer…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (439+ words) Government prepares to raise the retirement age of Supreme Court and Appeal Court judges despite opposition from the legal profession and concerns over judicial independence. by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka’s Government is set to present the 22nd Constitutional Amendment…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (592+ words) Investigators are tracing suspected drug proceeds through property, transport firms, fitness businesses and cryptocurrencies as a separate inquiry expands the Operation Spider case. Spanish investigators are examining an alleged money-laundering network used to conceal the proceeds of a major cocaine…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (587+ words) UN Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem says mothers reporting abuse are being discredited, while children may be compelled to maintain contact with alleged perpetrators. UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, has expressed…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (283+ words) A payment from Sri Lanka’s Treasury intended for Australia was diverted after a fraudulent domain allegedly fooled officials. Months later, crucial details remain shielded behind RTI exemptions and an ongoing investigation. This revelation comes through information provided by the Department…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1110+ words) A bomb-laden drone appears to have deliberately targeted a cargo aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport, exposing a growing vulnerability in European aviation and raising unresolved questions over who launched it and why. Newly analysed video footage has provided important details…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (568+ words) Seoul court upholds 18-month sentence after employee was found to have taken confidential semiconductor manufacturing information and disclosed some of it to a Chinese firm. A former employee of South Korean semiconductor manufacturer SK Hynix has been sentenced to 18 months…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (935+ words) A succession of deaths among US cyber personnel has intensified scrutiny of a high-pressure military workforce whose demands have grown amid war, artificial intelligence and persistent staffing shortages. The information examined by Bloomberg included police reports, obituaries, state death records,…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (557+ words) Draft 22nd Constitutional Amendment proposes changes to judicial retirement ages, introduces a fixed tenure for the Chief Justice, and expands the Court of Appeal bench. Sri Lanka has published the draft 22nd Constitutional Amendment, proposing significant changes to the tenure of the…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (313+ words) Defence argues the alleged victim should not be compelled to hand over her personal device as Spain's National Court investigates suspended police commissioner Emilio de la Calle. A Spanish police officer who has accused a senior police commissioner of sexual…...