A federal judge gave a man would-be assassin the maximum 15 years in prison Wednesday for plotting to kill an Iranian American writer on behalf of Tehran after hearing the woman who was targeted describe multiple attempts on her life as threats against all Americans.

PARIS -- A French former senator goes on trial Monday in Paris over accusations of drugging another lawmaker to sexually assault her in a case that echoes the landmark drugging-and-rape trial that riveted France and turned Gisèle Pelicot into a global icon of the fight against sexual violence.

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