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 ...

(Ukrainian presidential press service/AFP/Getty Images) No one would ever refer to CIA Director William J. Burns as “Wild Bill,” the nickname of William J. Donovan, who led the OSS, the agency ...

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 ...

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

The order “risks abandoning thousands of Afghan wartime allies” who worked with Americans before the Taliban takeover ... As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China ...

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 ...

The Taliban government announced the release of Khan Mohammad, exchanged with American prisoners, facilitated by Qatar. Mohammad had served a life sentence in California after a nearly two-decade ...

The chief prosecutor of the United Nations' International Criminal Court announced Thursday that he was seeking arrest warrants for the two most senior leaders of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban ...

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor announced Thursday that he is seeking arrest warrants for the leader of the Taliban and another senior regime official over their alleged ...

A source close to Taliban Interior Minister Sirajudding Haqqani told CBS News' Ahmad Mukhtar that the second American released as part of the swap was William McKenty, the same name reported ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking arrest warrants for Taliban leaders for alleged gender-based crimes, as the group continues to crack down on women’s rights in Afghanistan.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Thursday he had applied for arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan. Here are some facts on the ...