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E.U. and ICC condemn Trump's sanctions

The E.U. demanded the Trump administration rescind its retaliatory economic sanctions on the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor and a top aide.

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (AN/U.K. FCDO)

The European Union on Thursday demanded that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration rescind its retaliatory economic sanctions on the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor and a top aide.

The Trump administration's move a day earlier was orchestrated to block the world’s first permanent war crimes tribunal from investigating alleged war crimes in Afghanistan involving U.S. forces.

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