US sanctions court that seeks to arrest Putin, prompts backlash

The U.S. on Oct. 9 imposed severe financial sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), which issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2023. The new sanctions would prohibit transactions with the court after a grace period of six months. Any companies doing business with the court afterward can be punished by the U.S. government. The foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the U.K. issued a joint statement in su