While the United States tries to spy on one of the hardest targets, Burns has also tried to reopen a dialogue with Beijing, ...

Jake Sullivan faced the toughest global challenges of any national security adviser in a half-century. How did he do?

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of William J. Burns, Jr., 87, of Batavia. Bill passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, surrounded by his family at The Friendly ...

As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back into his old life. By Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger Julian Barnes ...

A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy.

Two Americans detained in Afghanistan were released in a prisoner exchange with the Taliban in the final hours ... said it was William McKenty, 69. 'Sunshine':3 Israeli hostages are free after ...

and Donald Trump was officially back in the White House when Americans Ryan Corbett and William McKenty were handed over and on their way home early Tuesday, exchanged for Afghan Taliban member ...

In a wide-ranging exit interview, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns about the ...