Ashley Soriano
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Taliban Frees American Citizen in Gesture Amid Broader U.S. Negotiations
Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban released U.S. citizen Amir Amiri, marking the fifth American freed from detention in the country this year.
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Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s father: No celebrations over killing of terrorist who captured my son
Jonathan Polin, the father of murdered hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, said he did not celebrate when he was informed the terrorist who captured his son had…
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IDF eliminates Hamas commander who led the October 7 killing
Hassan Mahmoud Hassan Hussein orchestrated the massacre of 16 Israelis from a roadside bomb shelter at the Nova music festival on Oct. 7, 2023.
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Father of hostage tells Netanyahu: You can’t just blame Hamas
The father of an American held captive by Hamas has warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he cannot just blame the terror group for…
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Taliban releases US citizen after visit by envoy
Amir Amiri, who had been detained in Afghanistan since December 2024, was released through Qatari mediation on Sept. 28, 2025.
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Radio Free Europe Journalist Formerly Held Hostage in Russia Joins Foley Foundation Board
Alsu Kurmasheva, an award-winning journalist and editor at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), has joined the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation’s Board of Directors.
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Street in Tenafly, NJ renamed to honor Eden Alexander, the Israeli-American hostage released by Hamas
Edan Alexander, a Tenafly, New Jersey, resident survived more than 500 days in Hamas captivity after being kidnapped during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
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Trump administration scores fifth release of American citizen from Afghanistan so far this year
Amir Amiry, who had been held in Afghanistan since December, was set free by the Taliban with help from Qatari diplomats who facilitated negotiations.
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UNESCO Director-General condemns the killing of at least nine journalists in Yemen
Several journalists and media workers were reportedly killed on Sept. 10 when an airstrike hit a building that housed the headquarters of two newspapers.
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“Gazawood”: The deadly accusations against Gaza’s journalists
Journalists in Gaza have been relentlessly defamed and threatened since the start of the Israeli offensive in the Palestinian territory in October 2023, Reporters Without…
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Foley In the Bardos
“American Mother” by Colum McCann and Diane Foley was included in High Plains Public Radio’s Fall Radio Readers Book Club.
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Neighborhood park in Plainview being named in honor of American Israeli soldier Omer Neutra
The Town of Oyster Bay is dedicating a neighborhood park to Omer Neutra, who was killed during the Oct. 7 attacks in Gaza.