{
  "id": 1771993,
  "title": "US announces sanctions on ICC president and senior lawyer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/us-announces-sanctions-on-icc-president-and-senior-lawyer",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T18:33:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-announces-sanctions-icc-president-and-senior-lawyer"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The United States has imposed sanctions on Tomoko Akane, the president of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and Abdoulaye Seye, a senior trial lawyer from Senegal. Treasury Secretary Marco Rubio announced the sanctions, expressing strong disapproval of the ICC's actions. He accused the ICC of engaging in activities to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute officials without the consent of their governments. Rubio described the ICC as a \"corrupt and fatally politicized supranational court\" that has \"maliciously abused its authority and exceeded its mandate,\" stating that the US will not allow its \"assault on state sovereignty.\" This action follows previous sanctions imposed on at least 11 ICC officials, including nine judges and the chief prosecutor, by the Trump administration.",
  "summary": "US announces sanctions on ICC president and senior lawyer US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced sanctions against the president and a senior lawyer of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The US imposed sanctions on Tuesday on Tomoko Akane, a Japanese judge who is president of the ICC, and ICC senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal, according to the US Treasury Department…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "US announces new sanctions on top ICC figures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/us-announces-new-sanctions-on-top-icc-figures",
        "published": "2026-08-18T17:40:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Rubio announces sanctions on ICC president",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/rubio-announces-sanctions-on-icc-president",
        "published": "2026-08-18T18:46:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}