By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE - U.S. President Donald Trump has authorised economic and travel sanctions targeting people who work on International Criminal Court investigations of U.S. citizens or U.

U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court could jeopardize trials and investigations at the world’s only permanent global tribunal for war crimes and genocide.

President Trump says the work of the I.C.C., the world’s highest criminal court, threatens the national security of the United States and its allies, including Israel.