Sri Lanka police arrest 22 Buddhist monks after 110kg of cannabis found in luggage

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Customs officials say group allegedly hid 5kg of ‘kush’ in false walls of bags on return from Bangkok holiday

Twenty-two Buddhist monks are in Sri Lankan police custody after customs officials found 110kg of high-grade cannabis concealed in their luggage, the largest ever drug bust at Colombo’s main international airport.

The group, mostly junior monks in training from temples across Sri Lanka, were alleged to have “carried about five kilos of the narcotic concealed within false walls in their luggage”, according to a Sri Lanka customs spokesperson.

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Children at ‘breaking point’ in Darfur as they face extreme hunger and violence, UN says – Reuters

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  1. Children at 'breaking point' in Darfur as they face extreme hunger and violence, UN says  Reuters
  2. UNICEF: An Entire Generation of Darfur’s Children Under the Scourge of Violence and Hunger  Sudan Horizon
  3. Darfur, return to a forgotten war  Euronews.com
  4. UN warns children in Darfur at breaking point as crisis deepens  The Sun Malaysia
  5. Darfur: Two decades on, a new generation of children faces 'horrific violence'  UN News
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Europe’s jet fuel imports from Middle East stop, raising supply crunch fears – Reuters

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  1. Europe's jet fuel imports from Middle East stop, raising supply crunch fears  Reuters
  2. Consequences of Iran war ‘may echo for months or years to come,’ EU chief warns – Europe live  The Guardian
  3. EU considers helping with Mideast energy infrastructure to bypass conflict zones  AP News
  4. Europe Spent €10 Billion on Iran Energy Shock Aid, Bruegel Says  Bloomberg.com
  5. War in the Middle East is stressing Europe's hard-learned lessons about fossil fuel dependency from 2022  Fortune
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EU ‘ready’ to sanction Israel over Ukrainian grain stolen by Russia – Euronews.com

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  1. EU 'ready' to sanction Israel over Ukrainian grain stolen by Russia  Euronews.com
  2. Ukraine accuses Israel of aiding Russian trade in stolen grain  CNN
  3. Ukraine accuses Israel of importing grain ‘stolen’ by Russia as Zelenskyy warns of sanctions  AP News
  4. Ukraine summons Israeli ambassador over ‘stolen’ grain shipments  Al Jazeera
  5. EU says it has approached Israel over Russian grain boat that docked in Haifa  Reuters
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EU Parliament pushes for a consent-based definition of rape – Euronews.com

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  1. EU Parliament pushes for a consent-based definition of rape  Euronews.com
  2. EU’s ‘yes means yes’ rape definition seeks to close loopholes allowing rapists to walk free  CNN
  3. European parliament urges EU to draw up standardised consent-based definition of rape  The Guardian
  4. EU Parliament approves common definition of rape  DW.com
  5. EU: Urgent call for "only yes means yes" EU-wide rape law following European Parliament vote  Amnesty International
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When will Strait of Hormuz be ‘safe’ for commercial shipping again? – Al Jazeera

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  1. When will Strait of Hormuz be ‘safe’ for commercial shipping again?  Al Jazeera
  2. Tired and worried, seafarers have been stranded in the Persian Gulf for weeks  AP News
  3. Reopening the Strait of Hormuz Will Take More Than US Power  Bloomberg.com
  4. Strait of Hormuz standoff leaves 20,000 seafarers stranded on cargo ships  Euronews.com
  5. The Peril of Piloting Ships Through the Strait of Hormuz  The New York Times
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Kim Jong Un Confirms Soldier ‘Self-Blasting’ Policy in Ukraine – Bloomberg.com

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  1. Kim Jong Un Confirms Soldier ‘Self-Blasting’ Policy in Ukraine  Bloomberg.com
  2. North Korea unveils memorial for troops killed in Ukraine war  Reuters
  3. Ukraine war: North Korea's Kim Jong Un reaffirms support for Russia  BBC
  4. Ukraine war briefing: Kim Jong-un strengthens military ties with Russia and hails soldiers who fought in Kursk  The Guardian
  5. Kim Jong Un speaks at memorial for North Korean soldiers killed fighting for Russia  Sky News
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Ex-Mossad chief: Settler violence an existential threat, curbing it could spark civil war – The Times of Israel

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  1. Ex-Mossad chief: Settler violence an existential threat, curbing it could spark civil war  The Times of Israel
  2. 'The settlers are winning now': West Bank activists aiding Palestinians are increasingly targets themselves  The Forward
  3. Former Mossad chief says settler violence makes him 'ashamed to be a Jew'  Haaretz
  4. The over-reported and under-reported violence - opinion  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Palestine weekly wrap: Coordinated attacks and evictions in Gaza, West Bank  Al Jazeera
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Gunman arrested in manhunt after multiple shootings in central Athens – Euronews.com

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  1. Gunman arrested in manhunt after multiple shootings in central Athens  Euronews.com
  2. Suspected gunman aged 89 held in Greece after five wounded  BBC
  3. 89-year-old man allegedly opens fire with shotgun in Greek capital, injuring 4  Fox News
  4. 89-year-old man arrested for allegedly wounding at least 4 people with a shotgun in Greek capital  CNN
  5. Greek police arrest 89-year-old for mass shooting  upi.com
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‘Culture of misogyny’: teacher surrounded by hundreds of students and pelted with food at elite Brisbane boys’ school, court told

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Teacher at Marist College Ashgrove claims she suffered ‘serious psychiatric injury’ after the schoolyard incident

A teacher at one of Brisbane’s top private boys’ schools has claimed she was subject to a “culture of misogyny” after being surrounded by hundreds of Catholic school students and pelted with food in an incident that left her with a “serious psychiatric injury”.

A barrister acting for Victoria Sparrow, a teacher at Marist College Ashgrove, told the Brisbane supreme court that the school allowed a culture of misogyny to “develop and exist”.

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