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

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

After prolonged negotiations mediated by representatives from both the Biden and Trump administrations, a ceasefire deal was ...

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

And is probably still at it. As newly released classified documents confirm activists’ long-held suspicions, the disclosures ...

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

Netanyahu thanks Biden, Trump for truce help Rubio, Bondi head for easy confirmations Ex-lobbyists among Trump’s team ...

Mediator Qatar said Israel and Hamas were at the “closest point” yet to sealing a deal that would bring them a step closer to ending the war. Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ...

Qatar says it is aiming to finalise details for a plan to pause the fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. According to a Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson, the ceasefire deal is at the ...

Hamas is expected to release 33 hostages in the first phase of the ceasefire-hostage agreement being negotiated in Doha in relation to the situation in Gaza, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing two ...

As negotiators neared a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas on Tuesday, the families of hostages held for 15 agonizing months in the Gaza Strip said that they “remain hopeful” that ...