MOST APHORISMS are self-evident, such as “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” and the one about glass houses and throwing stones and the mice playing ...

Those are the immediate reactions of some peacebuilders in the Gaza Strip, the U.S., and elsewhere abroad Wednesday after Israel and the militant group Hamas reached a new Gaza ceasefire and host ...

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

A warning on D.E.I.: The Trump administration on Wednesday threatened tens of thousands of federal employees with “adverse consequences” if they fail to report on colleagues who defy orders to purge ...

They have interviewed William J. Burns repeatedly during his decades ... But what changed, Mr. Burns said, is that Hamas’s military commanders were feeling “beleaguered,” and their forces ...

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

For starters, Hamas’s military leaders were hiding in Gaza ... For the chief of an intelligence agency, it’s extraordinary. [William J. Burns: The blob meets the heartland] Burns has brought an ...

The United States, Egypt and Qatar have spent the past year trying to mediate an end to the war triggered by Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The much-awaited ceasefire agreement ...

Progressive leaders in the foreign policy sphere are admitting that President-elect Trump’s influence led to the cease-fire deal between Israel and terror group ...