Hungary will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), its government said Wednesday, as the country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban welcomed Israeli Prime Minister and ICC fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu to Budapest.

Rather than comply with the order, Orban's government initiated proceedings to withdraw from the international tribunal The post ICC sent Hungary a request to arrest and surrender Netanyahu hours after his arrival appeared first on The Times of Israel.

The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes, which Hungarian PM Viktor Orban called politically motivated. DW has the latest.