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The Secretary of Hard Problems
While the United States tries to spy on one of the hardest targets, Burns has also tried to reopen a dialogue with Beijing, ...
Ten days after the Taliban seized its first provincial capital ... Sullivan had ideal partners in CIA Director William J. Burns, who had worked with him on back-channel Iran diplomacy at the ...
Willem of Orange becomes a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. 1591: Scottish schoolmaster Dr. John Fian ...
The parents of Elizabeth Rose Struhs, who died in 2022, were part of a small religious sect in Australia that believed that medical care went against their faith. By Victoria Kim The new ...
Could the lawsuit’s end also help heal the rift with his brother, William, and his father, King Charles III? Hundreds of people were married during a mass wedding in Bangkok as Thailand became ...
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 ...
William Burns has witnessed firsthand a dizzying number of international crises. Early in his tenure, in the summer of 2021, he flew to Kabul to negotiate with the Taliban over the U.S. withdrawal ...
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 ...
Towing the line between diplomat and intelligence agent, Burns's trips to the region are shrouded under a cloak of mystery. CIA Director William J. Burns departs a classified briefing with members ...