The European Union has roundly deplored the United States for sanctioning four judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), including one citizen from the bloc, Slovenia's Beti Hohler, further deepening the divide between transatlantic allies.

By Stephanie van den Berg and Charlotte Van CampenhoutBRUSSELS/THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The EU gave its backing on Friday to the International Criminal Court after Washington imposed sanctions on four ICC judges,

His comments came a day after President Donald Trump's administration imposed sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court, an unprecedented retaliation over the war tribunal's issuance of an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a past decision to open a case into alleged war crimes by U.