James Foley

As two Islamic State militants faced a judge in Virginia last month, Diane Foley listened from home through a muffled phone connection and strained to make out the voices of the men prosecutors say kidnapped her son before he was murdered. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh stand accused of belonging to an ISIS cell dubbed “the Beatles,” an incongruously…

Diane Foley has been seeking justice after the kidnapping and brutal murder of her son James Foley, and she hopes that she may finally get her wish as two ISIS militants have been charged in connection to the journalist’s death. “It was eight years ago, and we’ve been seeking justice for six long years,” Diane Foley said. “I’m incredibly...

Diane Foley has been seeking justice after the kidnapping and brutal murder of her son James Foley, and she hopes that she may finally get her wish as two ISIS militants have been charged in connection to the journalist’s death.

The United States must do a better job communicating with families of American hostages held overseas, including telling “hard truths” to loved ones about the chances for rescue and clarifying the government’s position on ransom payments to captors, according to a new report. The report also says hostages who do make it home need more support, including for financial and...

The United States must do a better job communicating with families of American hostages held overseas, including telling “hard truths” to loved ones about the chances for rescue and clarifying the government’s position on ransom payments to captors, according to a new report. The report also says hostages who do make it home need more support, including for financial and...

Prison letters from the Northern California man who became known as the “American Taliban” after his capture by U.S. forces in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan underscore concerns among authorities that he remains a potentially violent extremist, current and former officials told NBC News.

American hostages are more likely to be killed or tortured because some European nations pay multimillion-dollar ransoms to terrorist groups, a think tank has warned. The U.S. does not pay ransoms to banned militant organizations, a principle it has stuck to despite several high-profile beheadings of Americans by ISIS. Between 200 and 300 Americans are kidnapped by criminals and terrorist...

President Donald Trump would like to interrupt his vacation to deliver the following message: Don’t call this a vacation. The president has decamped from Washington to his private golf club in central New Jersey. But he has repeatedly pushed back on the idea that this is a relaxing August getaway, posting on Twitter over the weekend: “this is not a...

Lin-Manuel Miranda is getting closer to EGOT status, thanks to his Oscar nomination for best original song.

E! News has confirmed that the 62-year-old actress has closed a deal to join the cast of the highly anticipated “Fifty Shades of Grey” sequel, “Fifty Shades Darker.”

A spokesman for the family of slain journalist Steven Sotloff claims the Miami man was set up in an elaborate plan to kidnap him at the Syrian border.

The family of murdered Miami journalist Steven Sotloff broke their silence Wednesday evening saying their son was “a gentle soul that this world will be without.”