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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

I wish we could stop talking about this.

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…

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…

Mozambique's government confirmed Tuesday that tens of thousands have been driven from their homes by a wave of jihadist attacks in the restive north, but rejected calls for a state of emergency.

I can only imagine Vladimir Putin’s laughter in Moscow. Last week, Ben Jamal, director of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, told protesters at Westminster he wanted a situation where “they will have to lock the doors of parliament itself”. Three MPs — all women, naturally — have been given police protection.…

Iraq enjoys tremendous oil wealth but many hard-scrabble farmers in the north say crude spills have contaminated their lands, piling on pressure as they already battle drought.

Jessie Buckley and Olivia Colman exchange filthy words for fun, while dandy Noel Fielding hits the road as England’s most famous highwayman

Any British person who has a foreign-born parent will feel their status is more precarious, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Begum and others remain in limbo, held without charge or trial in detention camps under armed guard

Background to the legal battle as the court of appeal decides whether removal of her UK citizenship was unlawful