By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE - U.S. President Donald Trump has authorised economic and travel sanctions targeting people who work on International Criminal Court investigations of U.S. citizens or U.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel, a close U.S. ally. Neither the U.S. nor Israel is a member of or recognizes the court,

The Hague-based body has created a "shameful moral equivalency" between Hamas and Israel, the White House says.