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Pope praises forgiveness as mother of slain US journalist James Foley speaks of healing at Vatican

The mother of James Foley, the American journalist kidnapped and beheaded by Islamic militants in Syria in 2014, has told her story of loss and healing at a Vatican vigil attended by Pope Leo XIV

The Independent UK

American Mother by Colum McCann with Diane Foley audiobook review – grit in the face of unspeakable cruelty

Foley’s powerful memoir, narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis, details the life and death of her son, James Foley, who was beheaded by Islamic State terrorists

The Guardian - UK

American Mother by Colum McCann with Diane Foley review — amazing grace

The mother of the US journalist James Foley, who was held for two years and then executed by Islamic State, tells her story with exemplary compassion and understanding

The Guardian - UK

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American Mother by Diane Foley review: a searing story of Foley's search to find her son's IS killer

Any book seriously recommended by Patrick Radden Keefe needs to be investigated. The author of Say Nothing, his peerless study of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and Empire of Pain, his never-less-than shocking investigation into the Sackler family, is one of the most formidable investigative journalists working today, so if…

Evening Standard

From murder to atonement: Author Colum McCann writes of a mother's survival

In this edition of arts24 we discover an extraordinary book unlike any you've probably ever read. "American Mother" is a thriller, a memoir, a mystery: the story of how Diane Foley found answers and atonement after her son James was brutally murdered by the Islamic State (IS) group. He was…

France 24

American Mother by Colum McCann with Diane Foley review – steeliness and sorrow

A mother’s account of the life and death of James Foley, the journalist murdered by Islamic State

The Guardian - UK

From Salman Rushdie to RuPaul: the books to look out for in 2024

Memoirs from Neneh Cherry and Rebel Wilson, Colm Tóibín’s sequel to Brooklyn and a departure for Ali Smith – the biggest fiction and nonfiction for the year ahead

The Guardian - UK

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Memorial at New Hampshire church honors slain journalist

Slain journalist James Foley has been honored with a stone memorial outside the church he attended while growing up in New Hampshire

The Independent UK

Wrongful detentions of Americans by foreign powers are fast rising, a new study says

The report finds a dramatic rise in the number of Americans who are being wrongfully held, as a growing number of countries embrace the practice as a way to gain leverage over the U.S.

WEKU

An Islamic State member is sentenced to life in prison in the deaths of hostages

El Shafee Elsheikh, part of a group known as the "ISIS Beatles," is the most notorious and highest-ranking member of the Islamic State to be convicted in the U.S,, prosecutors said.

WEKU

El Shafee Elsheikh’s victims’ families say his silence ‘speaks volumes’

The British jihadist was given the opportunity to speak at his sentencing on Friday, but he declined to do so.

The Independent UK

Islamic State militant gets life in U.S. prison over killing of American hostages

A U.S. federal judge on Friday sentenced a member of an Islamic State cell known as "The Beatles" to life in prison for involvement in a hostage-taking plot that led to the killings of American journalists and aid workers in Syria.

Reuters

Islamic State 'Beatle' jailed for life after American hostages killed

El Shafee Elsheikh grew up in London

Wales Online

James Foley ‘more alive than ever’ eight years on from the day of brutal death

The murdered US journalist will live on in ‘all who aspire to moral courage’ as well as the memories of his family and friends, his mother said.

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Daily Mirror

Victims of evil ISIS Beatles from beheaded Brits to woman sold as a sex slave

El-Shafee Elsheikh has been told he will spend life in prison for his role in the kidnap and vicious slaughter of 27 innocent victims, including two US journalists, two Brits and an American aid worker

The Independent UK

Islamic State 'Beatle' gets life term for US hostage deaths

A British man nicknamed one of the Beatles by his captives because of his English accent has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the deaths of four U.S. hostages captured by the Islamic State

The Independent UK

British ‘Beatle’ terrorist given life sentence over deaths of Western hostages

El Shafee Elsheikh, 34, who grew up in London, showed no emotion as judge Thomas Selby Ellis delivered his verdict.

Evening Standard

Islamic State ‘Beatle’ El Shafee Elsheikh jailed for life for role in hostage murder plot

A member of the so-called Islamic State terror cell known as The Beatles has been jailed for life after being convicted for his role in the murder of American hostages in Syria.

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The Independent UK

British Isis ‘Beatle’ sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping and killing hostages

Elsheikh was a member of the notorious ‘Beatles’ terror cell, known for their brutal treatment of captives

The Guardian - US

Family fights to free beloved US lawyer imprisoned in Venezuela while on vacation

Family of Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles public defender, calls for Biden to help facilitate his return: ‘He is more valuable to the world being free’

WEKU

The families of Americans who are wrongfully detained are very much done being quiet

For years, families of those held abroad have been warned that speaking out could put their loved ones in greater danger. Today, many see going public as their best card to play.

The Independent UK

Mother of journalist beheaded by Isis Beatle says kidnapper ‘came close’ to apologising in prison meet

Diane Foley met her son’s kidnapper in prison as part of a plea deal which will see him returned to the UK

Daily Mirror

Brit ISIS Beatle Alexanda Kotey jailed for LIFE in US for role in hostage murder plot

Alexanda Amon Kotey, also known as Jihadi Ringo, has been sentenced for his involvement in the hostage taking of aid workers and journalists including Steven Sotloff and James Foley

The Independent UK

British ISIS fighter El Shafee Elsheikh found guilty of role in kidnapping and killing hostages

El Shafee Elsheikh is the most high profile Isis figure to stand trial in the US

The Independent UK

‘Relentless abuse and torture’: Prosecution wraps evidence in trial of British Isis fighter as jury deliberates

El Shafee Elsheikh denies being one of a kidnapping group nicknamed the ‘Beatles’

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