Colum McCann: ‘Diane Foley’s story was inherently dramatic – mother meets son’s killer, then forgives him
The novelist has turned American Mother, his book about the executed journalist James Foley, into an opera with the composer Charlotte Bray
Diane Foley
Eight years after James Foley’s murder by Isis, his mother sat down with his captor. Why?
James Foley’s brutal murder in 2014 was seen around the world. His mother Diane’s book documents the family’s struggle
Member of Islamic State ‘Beatles’ cell pleads guilty in hostage cases
Alexanda Kotey was part of terror group cell of four Britons known for its extreme brutality
Kathy Sheridan : How to explain Jihadi John?
How he must have longed for the bullies at home to know how far he had travelled. How easy it must have been to transfer that blazing vengeance to his blameless victims, coating his actions in a depraved ideology.
US journalist murdered by Islamic State ‘had found his calling’, say parents
John and Diane Foley do not blame Islam for the death of their son James
Shia militants kill dozens of Iraqi Sunnis in mosque shooting
Massacre a setback for prime minister-designate al-Abadi's attempts to win Sunni support
Hunt for identity of masked killer who beheaded journalist James Foley
British intelligence services analyse footage of militant with English accent
Beheading of journalist ‘shocked conscience of world’, says Obama
Video of James Foley ‘authentic’ US says; Britain hunts for man with British accent in footage
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