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

[William J. Burns: The blob meets the heartland] Burns has brought an ... Burns went to Afghanistan in August 2021, shortly after the fall of Kabul, to meet the Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar.

Willem of Orange becomes a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. 1591: Scottish schoolmaster Dr. John Fian ...

Among other topics... William Burns, a longtime U.S. diplomat and the current Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, met with Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on Monday ...

A British soldier who suffered horrific burns to 70 per cent of his body in a Taliban rocket attack is ... a friend and colleague of Prince William - clung to life in a coma for three months ...

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 ...

No one would ever refer to CIA Director William J. Burns as “Wild Bill,” the nickname of William J. Donovan, who led the OSS, ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan’s Taliban freed two Americans ... identified the second American released as William McKenty, though no other details ...

A Taliban envoy on Monday cautioned U.S. Secretary ... which saw the release of two U.S. citizens, Ryan Corbett and William McKenty, was brokered under the Biden administration before it left ...

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 ...