The administration also wants the court to stop the probe into the actions of American troops in Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 - President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump administration official said, threatening new U.S. sanctions on the court if it did not.  Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Sanctioning the court would significantly escalate the US campaign against the ICC. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.