The order does not specify which officials have been hit by the US travel ban and financial sanctions but they will likely extend to Mr Khan, the British lawyer who acts as the court’s lead prosecutor. The White House declined to name the individuals who will be sanctioned.

Civil rights activists have become increasingly concerned the President will call for another travel ban on Muslim-majority countries early in his second term. Trump’s recent executive order could lay the framework for the ban,

U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court for targeting the United States and its allies, such as Israel, a White House official said.

President Trump signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court, accusing the body of improperly targeting the United States and Israel.