{
  "id": 1768494,
  "title": "US to levy sanctions against the president and a prosecutor of international criminal court",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/us-to-levy-sanctions-against-the-president-and-a-prosecutor-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T17:50:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/us-icc-sanctions"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Marco Rubio announced measures against Tomoko Akane and Abdoulaye Seye, who was investigating Israel’s war crimes in Gaza The US will sanction the president of the international criminal court (ICC) and a prosecutor tasked with investigating crimes committed by Israel during its war on Gaza. The new sanctions designations were unveiled by Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, who called the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}