Following Griner’s release, US lawmakers want a “National Hostage” day
Washington DC, USReuters Days after the release of US basketball star Brittney Griner from imprisonment in Russia, Democratic and Republican US lawmakers will introduce legislation on Tuesday to establish 9th March as an annual day to remember Americans detained abroad. The bill, according to text seen by Reuters, seeks to make 9th March “National Hostage […]
Mother of slain US journalist thanks Pope Francis for support
RNS Diane Foley, mother of deceased journalist James Foley, at the Foreign Press Club in Rome. PICTURE: RNS/Josephine McKenna The mother of American journalist James Foley, who was executed by the Islamic State group in Syria, has traveled to Rome to thank Pope Francis for the sympathy and support he gave her family after her […]