SriLanka, Oct. 10 -- US President Donald Trump's administration imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday, just hours after one of its former judges won the Nobel Peace Prize, setting Washington on a diplomatic collision course with its European allies.

The court condemned the move as an "assault on the rule of law and on the very foundations of the international legal order" and called on its 125 member states to take action to defend it.

"The Court cannot stand alone. Its fate now rests also in the hands of the states that created it," the ICC said in a statement. "This is not just about defending a single institution, but about safeguarding the international order grounded upon the rule of law. History wil...