India, Sept. 23 -- US President Donald Trump has issued a blistering condemnation of the International Criminal Court, demanding that all member nations immediately sever their ties with the global judicial organisation. Delivering a highly combative address before world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, the American executive branded the Hague-based court as an "out of control institution" and an "evil group of people."

The unprecedented demand marks a severe escalation in the administration's ongoing campaign to undermine the international tribunal's legitimacy on the global stage.

The fierce rhetoric arrives amid deepening hostilities between Washington and the international court following its pursuit of hig...