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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara Reelected To Fourth Term, Early Results Show

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara Reelected To Fourth Term, Early Results Show

Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara was reelected to a fourth term in an election marked by low turnout and empty streets in the economic capital of Abidjan, provisional results showed Monday. Ouattara, 83, who first came to power in the West African nation in 2011, won 89.7% of the vote, Electoral Commission head Ibrahime Kuibiert Coulibaly said Monday. Jean-Louis Billon, a...

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Two Men Face Sentencing In Plot To Kill Iranian American Journalist

Two Men Face Sentencing In Plot To Kill Iranian American Journalist

A plot to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her Brooklyn home came “chillingly near success,” prosecutors told a judge who will sentence two purported Russian mobsters. Prosecutors are seeking 55-year prison terms for Rafat Amirov, 46, and Polad Omarov, 41, at their sentencing on Wednesday in Manhattan federal court. Prosecutors said Amirov, of Iran, and Omarov,...

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Hurricane Melissa Ripped Through Western Jamaica, Footage From Sangster International Airport Shows Flooding Parts Of The Departure Lounge

Hurricane Melissa Ripped Through Western Jamaica, Footage From Sangster International Airport Shows Flooding Parts Of The Departure Lounge

Footage from inside Sangster International Airport shows rain pouring through missing ceiling panels and flooding parts of the departure lounge after Hurricane Melissa ripped through western Jamaica earlier today. The Category 5 storm made landfall in St Elizabeth around 11 a.m., leaving widespread destruction. Melissa has since weakened to Category 3 but could regain strength...