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Vanuatu is leading a campaign to have the international court of justice issue an opinion on climate change – which could have huge legal ramifications

China could argue that its construction of a bridge on Pangong Tso is peaceful, but that does not make it lawful

The Hague (AFP) - The United Nations' top court on Thursday ordered the Colombian navy to stop interfering in Nicaraguan waters, ruling on a longstanding legal battle over maritime borders.

Words influence the way we see the world. In 2015, we warned that the language used by the west to describe Russia’s armed intervention in Ukraine was a jumble of euphemism and understatement that failed to serve the public interest.

Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled that Colombia must "immediately cease" patrolling and trying to control fishing activities and maritime research in parts of the west Caribbean that the court said are part of Nicaragua's exclusive economic zone in those waters.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky announced recently that he had approved a decision to create a “special mechanism of justice in Ukraine” to investigate Russian “crimes” in Ukraine. The question now is what this special mechanism is and how it will fit with existing processes for ensuring accountability for crimes committed…

The Tor missile system was originally developed by the Soviet Union and current versions built by the Russian Federation.

'Kalibr' is understood to belong to the 3M-54 Kalibr family of Russian cruise missiles.

Ukraine’s leaders accuse Russian military of carrying out atrocities as brutal invasion continues