Why is International Criminal trending?

Updated 09/10/2026, 18:09:17 UTC

The coverage

WorldAl Jazeera·2h ago

‘Rogue court’: US sanctions ICC hours after ex-judge wins Nobel Prize

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions against the International Criminal Court on Friday.

WorldAl Jazeera·3h ago

US sanctions International Criminal Court itself in major escalation

Latest action seeks to stem resources to international tribunal Trump administration has vowed to dismantle.

WorldNPR·8d ago

What life under U.S. sanctions looks like for one ICC judge

Kimberly Prost, a Canadian judge at the International Criminal Court, says U.S. sanctions disrupted her daily life. She is still hearing cases and challenging the sanctions in court.

BusinessThe Guardian·17d ago

Trump invades the UN with a brutish speech | Ted Widmer

Gone was any shred of US idealism. It was a spectacle of raw power – a power that is likely to only diminish in the years ahead Expectations were low for Donald Trump’s address to the UN on Tuesday, and yet somehow it was even worse than expected. He does not perform well in formal settings, like chambers of government, preferring a blingier room, like Mar-a-Lago, or an outdoor rally. For years, he has made no secret of his hostility to the UN, and the very principles of international order that define it. In recent years, that hostility has deepened into something more like a full-on assault, with frequent attacks on the international criminal court (perhaps out of fear that he will someday be indicted), on the UN’s climate agenda, and on Unesco (which the US decided to withdraw from in July 2025). Continue reading...

WorldBBC News·22d ago

Philippines' Duterte seen in person at International Criminal Court for first time

He is due to be tried for crimes against humanity over thousands of deaths linked to his war on drugs.

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