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Proof: US sanctions ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-09T16:01:39Z","headline":"US sanctions ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"middleeasteye","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-sanctions-international-criminal-court-major-escalation-after-former-judge-awarded-nobel","v":1}

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SHA-256

2e32a2012d1b035d6121cd2ec3d38270309affcdfaf66115f637128577df36ab

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970662, mined 2026-10-09 17:21 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-09 16:09 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-09 15:06 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-2e32a2012d1b.json prints 2e32a2012d1b035d6121cd2ec3d38270309affcdfaf66115f637128577df36ab. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-2e32a2012d1b.json and headline-2e32a2012d1b.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-2e32a2012d1b.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.