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A Syrian doctor, center, accused of torture and war crimes in his Syrian homeland, is led into the courtroom next to his lawyer Oussama Al-Agi, 2nd left, for the verdict, in the Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, June 16, 2025. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

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A Syrian doctor, center, accused of torture and war crimes in his Syrian homeland, stands next to his lawyer Oussama Al-Agi, right, in the Higher Regional Court before the verdict is announced in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, June 16, 2025. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

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A Syrian doctor, accused of torture and war crimes in his Syrian homeland, sits in the Higher Regional Court before the verdict is announced in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, June 16, 2025. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

The Trump administration is slapping sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court over the tribunal’s investigation into alleged war crimes by Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza. The State Department said it would impose travel bans on the ICC judges, who hail from Benin, Peru, Slovenia and Uganda. The move is just the latest step the administration has taken to punish the ICC and its officials for investigations undertaken against Israel and the United States.

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FILE - Defendant David McBride talks to the media before his court appearance in Canberra, Australia on Feb. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk, File)

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FILE - Australian army whistleblower David William McBride talks to reporters on June 27, 2019, outside the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court in Canberra, Australia. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk, File)