Marco Rubio says sanctions on the International Criminal Court mean "cutting off their resources"

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced broad sanctions on the International Criminal Court, which he labeled illegitimate. Britain and other G7 nations—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan—plus Denmark and the Netherlands responded by backing the tribunal and voicing regret over the US move, cautioning it would seriously hinder the court’s operations. Rubio had urged allies to restrain the ICC and warned of further efforts against it. Washington objects to the court’s investigation involving US troops in Afghanistan and its warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; neither country is an ICC member. The sanctions were announced as former ICC judge Navi Pillay received the Nobel Peace Prize. The court warned its future depends on member states and asked them to help it keep working.