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  "id": 1786210,
  "title": "US sanctions ICC president over court’s investigations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/us-sanctions-icc-president-over-courts-investigations-1786210",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T20:02:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/us-sanctions-icc-president-over-courts-investigations/"
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  "summary": "The United States has imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) President Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, escalating the Trump administration's campaign against the Hague-based court. Akane, a Japanese judge, and Seye, a Senegalese national, were sanctioned under an executive order signed by President Donald Trump last year. The sanctions aim to prevent the ICC from investigating, arresting, detaining, or prosecuting officials whose government has not consented to ICC jurisdiction. The measures freeze any US assets held by the sanctioned individuals and cut them off from the US financial system. The US cited the ICC's arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as a previous investigation into US troops in Afghanistan, when announcing the sanctions.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "US sanctions imposed on ICC president and senior lawyer in campaign against court",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/us-sanctions-imposed-on-icc-president-and-senior-lawyer-in-campaign",
        "published": "2026-08-18T18:37:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "US imposes sanctions on ICC president",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/us-imposes-sanctions-on-icc-president",
        "published": "2026-08-18T18:44:42.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "US sanctions ICC president over court’s investigations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/us-sanctions-icc-president-over-courts-investigations",
        "published": "2026-08-18T19:52:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "ICC hits back after US announces fresh sanctions on senior court figures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/icc-hits-back-after-us-announces-fresh-sanctions-on-senior-court",
        "published": "2026-08-18T20:00:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "US announces sanctions against ICC president and lawyer",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/us-announces-sanctions-against-icc-president-and-lawyer",
        "published": "2026-08-18T20:19:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "US designates ICC president, lawyer for probing government officials",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/us-designates-icc-president-lawyer-for-probing-government-officials",
        "published": "2026-08-18T21:06:31.000Z"
      }
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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."
}