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The International Criminal Court acquits former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo of all charges of crimes against humanity over post-electoral violence in the West African nation, and orders his immediate release. SOUNDBITE from Cuno Tarfusser, presiding judge at the ICC
In an unnanounced visit to the Netherlands, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives at The Hague's International Criminal Court, which has issued an arrest warrant for Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Zelensky is set to meet the leaders of the ICC, Dutch MPs and Prime Minister Mark Rutte during his first official visit to the country. IMAGES
Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo leaves Abidjan airport as he returns home for the first time in a decade after being acquitted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of crimes against humanity. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces that the US is placing sanctions on the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, objecting to the continued investigation into US soldiers for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. SOUNDBITE
US attorney general William Barr accuses Russia of "manipulating" the International Criminal Court "in pursuit of their own agenda", as President Donald Trump announced sanctions against court officials who target US troops. SOUNDBITE
The trial of a French researcher accused of violating Russia's "foreign agent" law begins in Moscow amid simmering tensions with Paris over Ukraine. Laurent Vinatier, who worked on conflict mediation for a Swiss NGO and was arrested in June, appears in a glass cage for defendants at Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky court as the trial opens. He faces up to five years in prison. IMAGES
Former US president Donald Trump vows to appeal his criminal conviction for falsifying business records, saying that his legal team had several grounds to challenge the verdict handed down by a New York jury. "We're going to be appealing this scam... on many different things," says Trump, who is seeking reelection in November polls, in a rambling speech. SOUNDBITE
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