US sanctions International Criminal Court hours after Nobel Prize to ex-judge

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Friday that the Trump administration imposed financial sanctions directly on the ICC for the first time, aiming to cut it off from the U.S. financial system and dollar transactions. The move came hours after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to former ICC judge Navi Pillay. ICC President Tomoko Akane said the court "firmly rejects" the sanctions, calling them "an assault on the rule of law." The UK and other member states said they "strongly disagree."