The United States will intervene in the genocide case against Israel at the U.N.’s highest court, according to a filing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Countries must address the "urgent and existential threat" of climate change. That was the strongly worded opinion issued ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Presiding Judge Iwasawa Yuji, second from the right, starts reading the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in ...

A "clean, healthy and sustainable environment" is a human right and, if countries fail to take "appropriate action to protect the climate system", they could be in violation of international law, ...

The International Court of Justice heard testimony from more than 100 nations and organizations in the lead-up to its decision. The United Nations’ top court is expected to issue guidance this week on ...

THE HAGUE — The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion Wednesday said countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The United Nations' top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, its 15 black-robed judges weighing in for the first time on what the court's president ...

Protection from climate change is a human right, and countries in violation of the now international law will be held accountable. The top court of the United Nations reached a landmark decision for ...

US legal adviser: Finding against Israel would be 'radical'; Iceland, Netherlands also intervene in case, with Dutch urging ...