International Law

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton urges Chinese President Xi Jinping to reconsider the suspended death sentence handed to Australian man Yang Hengjun as the government and opposition move in lock step.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan says he "did not catch a glimpse" of his wife's face until they were married. Now they have received a seven-year jail term for an unlawful marriage.

Biden's executive order authorising sanctions on four violent Israeli settler leaders will probably be meaningless. Settlers know they have virtual immunity for such actions, writes John Lyons.

As US troops are killed in a drone strike on a military base in Jordan, Israeli citizens block humanitarian aid from entering Gaza.

A Hong Kong court has ordered one of China's biggest property developers, Evergrande Group, to liquidate, which could have severe consequences not just for China, but other economies including Australia. 

Human rights groups are urging the federal government to take "concrete" steps to help prevent the genocide of Palestinians after the International Court of Justice's ruling that South Africa's allegation against Israel is "plausible".

Israel's military actions in Gaza are acts of self-defence against Hamas and "other terrorist organisations", the legal advisor for Israel's foreign ministry says at the opening of the second day of hearings at the World Court.

Plans to execute a convicted murderer by asphyxiating him with nitrogen may amount to "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment" or even torture, experts say.

A court in Bangladesh has sentenced Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to six months in prison for labour law violations for what he says is a crime he did not commit.

Israel's Supreme Court has struck down a highly disputed law passed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government that rolled back some of the high court's power and sparked months of nationwide protests.

The UN is investigating whether the "rules of war" have been broken by Israel and Hamas. But what qualifies as a war crime? 

Israel denies using white phosphorus munitions illegally, but the US says it will be seeking more information after fresh reports emerged linking its use to an attack that injured at least nine civilians. This is what we know.

Navalny aides have been preparing for his expected transfer to a "special regime" colony, the harshest grade in Russia's prison system, after he was sentenced in August to an additional 19 years in prison.

The strategy will involve raising minimum English language requirements and a crackdown on 'visa hopping'.

It is now armed with powers to ask a court to lock up some of the almost 150 people freed from immigration detention.

The wife of a former US Marine pilot facing extradition to America says the court ruling makes it "near impossible" to fight for her husband's freedom.

Adam Bandt says the Government and Opposition are proposing laws which punish people for crimes they haven't committed yet.

Ukraine launches an inquiry into the alleged execution of two soldiers at the hands of their Russian counterparts.

The US state was set to ban the app on January 1, saying it violated the free speech right of users.

The federal police attempt to enforce a US restraining order in Australia to take control of a New South Wales South Coast mansion being sold by Daniel Duggan's wife to fund his legal bills.

Beijing has denied Australia's account of events after the sonar pulse injured navy divers, but the US among others have thrown their support behind Australia's version of events.

A White House spokesperson says Israel and Hamas are close to hostage release deal as critically ill patients from Gaza's largest hospital are being evacuated to Egypt.

Foreign affairs officials say 31 more Australians safely left Gaza through the Rafah Crossing into Egypt early this morning, as more than 100 others wait to evacuate the war zone.

In a video translated and released by the IDF, Herzi Halevi tells soldiers Israel is "close to dismantling the military system that was present in the northern Gaza Strip".

Police will travel to a remote West Australian island where shocked boat skippers found what they believe are recent burial sites, raising questions about the number of people who are dying unrecorded in Australian waters.