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Ariana Baio in New York

US imposes sanctions on international criminal court

The International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on 23 September 2026. Photograph: Remko de Waal/ANP/AFP/Getty Images

The United States imposed sanctions on the international criminal court (ICC), its latest escalation against an entity the Trump administration has accused of politicization and unfairly targeting Americans for war crime charges.

The ICC accused Donald Trump’s officials of attempting to “obstruct the course of justice” after “an assault” on the international legal order.

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