A federal judge on Friday handed down a ruling partially blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court. 

In February, Trump issued an order targeting the ICC due to accusations of anti-U.S. bias and antisemitic behavior, specifically regarding the body’s move to issue arrest warrants last November for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant. The order, although focused on sanctioning ICC prosecutor Karim Khan, who is under investigation for alleged rape, also applied to the ICC’s 900 staff members and related personnel.

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