While the court doesn’t have enforcement mechanisms, it has a prominent voice, and its legal arguments could reverberate.

More than 100 charity and human rights groups said in a letter that Israel’s blockade and ongoing military offensive are ...

The United Nations' top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, its 15-black-robed judges weighing in ...

At the United Nations Ocean Conference in June, Dominican President Luis Abinader issued an urgent call to recognize the scale of the environmental crisis posed by sargassum in the Caribbean.

They also demanded a commitment and timeline to phasing out fossil fuels, monetary compensation when appropriate, and an ...

With an international conference on the Palestinian question scheduled for next week at the United Nations, the Knesset votes ...

This has gone way past self-defense. Netanyahu’s defense minister, Israel Katz, has ordered bulldozers to prepare a camp in ...

The top U.N. court has opened a hearing to deliver an opinion in a landmark case about nations’ obligations to tackle climate change.

Ling, 56, has been promoted to vice-minister overseeing an agency responsible for the security of senior officials.

The opinion by the ICJ, also known as the World Court, was immediately welcomed by environmental groups. Legal experts said ...

A group of Metro Detroit Arab and Muslim leaders on Wednesday called on U.S. officials to act and ensure humanitarian aid is ...

A family of five were among the dead in 24 hours of Israeli strikes or gunfire, according to health officials.