Trump has ordered sanctions on the ICC, which wields power to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, crimes of aggression and war crimes.

U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court for targeting the United States and its allies, such as Israel, according to a White House official.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday (Feb 6) slapping sanctions on the International Criminal Court for "baseless" investigations targeting America and its close ally Israel,

US President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) Thursday for "illegitimate and

The Hague-based body has created a "shameful moral equivalency" between Hamas and Israel, the White House says.

The order will include financial sanctions and visa restrictions against ICC officials found to have assisted in investigations of U.S. citizens or allies.

Citing the global judicial body’s investigation into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Trump administration used an executive order to mete out punishment for what it sees as overstepping.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court, accusing it of ’’illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel’’. ..

The president signed an executive order that said the I.C.C.’s actions against Israel and preliminary investigations into the United States “set a dangerous precedent.”