US sanctions and a blockade of Iranian oil exports are deepening the economic crisis in Iran, as crude prices surged towards $100 per barrel amid renewed tensions in the Middle East. Brent crude, the international benchmark, climbed to $97 per barrel on Thursday before retreating to $95.50, according to Oilprice.com, a…

…since March 2024, and Abdoulaye Seye, a Senegalese senior trial lawyer.ICC condemns US sanctions as a direct assault on judicial independence and the rule of law. Photo ImagesThe Trump administration has described the ICC as "a corrupt and fatally politicised body.""These sanctions are a flagrant attack against the ind…

The United States has imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court President, Tomoko Akane, and senior trial lawyer, Abdoulaye Seye, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday, escalating the Trump administration’s campaign against the Hague-based court. Akane, a Japanese judge who heads the ICC, and Seye, a S…

…talks. And in March of this year, the ICC dismissed complaints filed by Venezuela that US sanctions on the country amounted to crimes against humanity. Plasencia’s announcement coincides with ICC member states’ decision on Friday to dismiss top prosecutor Karim Khan over allegations of sexual assault. Khan denies the a…

…power in 1993 and whose Islamist-military rule was long accused of supporting Al-Qaeda. US sanctions imposed in the early 1990s were tightened in 2006 following accusations of genocide in the Darfur region, carried out on behalf of Khartoum by the RSF’s predecessor militia, the Janjaweed. After a popular uprising ouste…