Towing the line between diplomat and intelligence agent, Burns's trips to the region are shrouded under a cloak of mystery.

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

As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back ...

Their dealmaking cooperation represents an unusual moment in the polarized world of U.S. politics. But it did not stop both ...

We’re Already Talking about Joe Biden in the Past Tense Travelers, Beware: A Terribly Inconvenient Time for a Government Shutdown On the menu today: Israel tells President Biden it’s not ...

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

IDF announces four soldiers killed in northern Gaza • Hamas says Netanyahu has agreed to end the war •Hostage negotiations ...

CIA Director William J. Burns took a speedy tour of the Middle East over the past several days, with stops in Cairo, Doha and Amman in an effort to push foundering Gaza cease-fire and hostage ...

Israeli forces raided one of the few remaining hospitals in northern Gaza on Friday and removed patients and staff from inside, Gaza's health ministry said. Gaza's health ministry also blamed ...

Ambassador William J. Burns, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss American diplomacy, international cooperation, and Burns’s ...