A top U.S. diplomatic official said the ICC won't pursue war crimes charges against Americans if the U.S. courts handle it.
U.S. military leaders want to block U.S. President Joe Biden's administration from sharing evidence of war crimes in Ukraine with the International Criminal Court, a senior U.S. diplomat told lawmakers.
Beth Van Schaack, the U.S. State Department’s ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice, confirmed to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Pentagon "is not cooperating" with the administration's efforts to provide evidence to The Hague-based court.
The International Court of Justice heard testimony on the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of Palestinian territories.
The ruling is the first of two that are expected this week from a decade of conflict-turned-war between Russia and Ukraine.
Nine staff were immediately identified and terminated. Two were still being identified; one was confirmed dead.
Justices at The Hague granted South Africa's request for provisional measures against the Israeli military in Gaza.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.
The humanitarian nightmare and attacks on civilians in Gaza dominated the U.N. Security Council's quarterly open debate.
Climate scientists have warned for decades about bleaching of coral reefs, which are nurseries for commercial fisheries.
