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The Essequibo River flows through Kurupukari crossing in Guyana, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Juan Pablo Arraez, File)

Guyanese soldier wounded in border gunfight with armed men in Venezuela

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FILE - Exterior view of the Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

United Nations’ top court says right to strike is protected by a key labor treaty

By Molly Quell - Associated Press

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez waves after bidding farewell to U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright following their meeting at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Venezuela’s acting president defends country’s territory and rejects Trump’s 51st state remarks

By Molly Quell and Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

The Essequibo River flows through Kurupukari crossing in Guyana, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Juan Pablo Arraez, File)

Venezuela’s leader to defend her country’s claim over mineral-rich Guyana region before U.N. court

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The Essequibo River flows through Kurupukari crossing in Guyana, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Juan Pablo Arraez, File)

Venezuela tells U.N. court that mineral-rich part of Guyana was ‘fraudulently’ taken in colonial era

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Grenada's Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell and Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez meet with the press at the Houses of Parliament in Saint George's, Grenada, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Haron Forteau)

More than fashion: A pin worn by Venezuela’s Rodriguez on state visits riles Guyana

By Bert Wilkinson - Associated Press

FILE - Judges walk to their seats before reading the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on what Israel must do to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, file)

World Court celebrates 80-year anniversary as the international legal framework is under strain

By Molly Quell - Associated Press

FILE - A view of the peace Palace housing the International Court of Justice, the UN's top court, is seen, Feb. 2, 2024, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

U.S. defends Israel against South Africa’s allegation of genocide filed to top U.N. court

By Molly Quell - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2017, file photo, smoke rises from a burned house in Gawdu Zara village, northern Rakhine state, where the vast majority of the country's 1.1 million Rohingya lived, Myanmar. (AP Photo, File)

Hearings on whether Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya opens at top U.N. court

By Molly Quell - Associated Press

FILE -A Palestinian flag flies outside the International Court of Justice, rear, which opened hearings into a United Nations request for an advisory opinion on Israel's obligations to allow humanitarian assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, in The Hague, Netherlands, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Top U.N. court says Israel must allow U.N. relief agency to supply aid to Gaza

By Molly Quell - Associated Press

An activist holds a fan that reads "make polluters pay" as they demonstrate outside the International Court of Justice ahead of an advisory opinion on what legal obligations nations have to address climate change and which consequences they may face if they don't, on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

U.N.’s top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law

By Molly Quell and Mike Corder - Associated Press

FILE - In this photo released by the Thai Royal Thai Army, Cambodian Chief of Army Mao Sophan, left, meets with Thailand Chief of Army Gen. Pana Claewplodtook, right, at a border checkpoint in Surin province, Thailand, May 29, 2025. (Thai Royal Thai Army via AP, file)

Cambodia says it will take border dispute with Thailand to top U.N. court

By Sopheng Cheang - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken on Friday, July 9, 2021, members of the Lithuania State Border Guard Service patrol on the border with Belarus, near the village of Purvenai, Lithuania. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)

Lithuania takes Belarus to top U.N. court over alleged smuggling of migrants

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FILE - A lone demonstrator waves the Palestinian flag outside the Peace Palace, rear, housing the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, on May 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

What is the International Court of Justice and why is it weighing in on humanitarian aid in Gaza?

By Molly Quell - Associated Press

A man walks by a house hit in recent fighting in Khartoum, Sudan, an area torn by fighting between the military and the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, on April 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali, File)

Sudan files case to U.N. court alleging UAE is breaching genocide convention by funding rebels

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

FILE - Lebanese Ambassador to the United Nations Nawaf Salam speaks to reporters after Security Council consultations on the situation in Libya, March 14, 2011 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo, File)

Prominent diplomat and jurist who heads top U.N. court named Lebanon’s new prime minister

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Judges are seated as the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, opens hearings into what countries worldwide are legally required to do to combat climate change and help vulnerable nations fight its devastating impact, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Landmark climate change case opens at the top U.N. court as island nations fear rising seas

By Molly Quell - Associated Press

FILE - Seats of the judges at the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Top U.N. court sets a December date for the start of hearings in a landmark climate change case

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

FILE - A view of the Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, on Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Post, File)

Top U.N. court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and must end

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Tulips flower outside the Peace Palace housing the World Court, or International Court of Justice, in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Mexico is taking Ecuador to the United Nations' top court on Tuesday accusing the nation of violating international law by storming into the Mexican embassy in Quito on April 5 and arresting former Ecuador Vice President Jorge Glas, who had been holed up there seeking asylum in Mexico. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Ecuador defends raid on the Mexican Embassy and tells top U.N. court it acted to take in a criminal

By Mike Corder - Associated Press