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An old territorial claim to part of Guyana rich in oil and gold has proved a useful for Hugo Chávez’s successor. But the land grab has sparked outrage among the Guyanese

Vanuatu has urged Australia to join its push to have the United Nations International Court of Justice rule that states are "obliged to use all the means at its disposal in order to avoid activities" which lead to more CO2...

333 Antarctic minke whales were slaughtered by a Japanese fleet in the name of “science,” even though we have techniques of studying whales without murdering them...

Each year, innocent animals around the world are killed in the name of science. It’s nearly impossible to put a number on it, and there are heated debates on a near-daily basis about whether it’s necessary to sentence...

Now that Australia has handed back disputed documents, Timor-Leste is challenging the 2006 treaty after accusations of spying

Despite an International Court of Justice order to stop whaling, Japan has publicly promised to continue its controversial Antarctic whale hunt. In March the court ordered Japan to end its more than 20-year-old “scientific...

Rakuten, Japan’s biggest online retailer, has announced that it will no longer sell whale and dolphin meat after the International Court of Justice ordered all whale hunting in the southern ocean to stop...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) this week declared that Japan's Southern Ocean whale hunt was illegal under international law. After a three week hearing, the court said that Japan's so-called 'scientific' whaling...