The Latest Breaking News from William Burns

Vladimir Putin casts the war in Ukraine as a watershed when Russia finally stood up to the West - but some within the elite fear he has committed his country to a long and fruitless drain on lives and resources.

WASHINGTON — The intractable conflict between Israelis and Palestinians over land, rights and safety has entered a new phase, one plumbing new depths of hatred and radical intransigence that the U.S. government no longer seems in a position to resolve or even mitigate.

The Kremlin on Friday rejected as a "hoax" media reports that U.S. CIA Director William Burns had travelled to Moscow with a secret peace proposal that involved Ukraine ceding a fifth of its territory to Russia.

North African and Sudanese officials say the United States is ratcheting up pressure on Middle East allies and power brokers in chaos-stricken Libya and Sudan to expel a Russian private military contractor

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discussed on Monday with visiting CIA Director William Burns ways to enhance security and intelligence cooperation between Egypt and the US. During the meeting held in Cairo, Sisi stressed the strength of Egyptian-American ties, the Egyptian presidential spokesperson said. The president further highlighted the significance…

With a series of high-level meetings in Europe, U.S. sends a signal to Putin: We think Ukraine can win this year

CIA Director William Burns recently traveled in secret to Ukraine's capital to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a US official told Reuters on Thursday. "Director Burns traveled to Kyiv, where he met with Ukrainian intelligence counterparts as well as President Zelenskiy and reinforced our continued support for Ukraine and its defense…

Time to dig deeper, allies told as Germany stalls on tanks

Germany yet to make a decision on supply of Leopard tanks; Gen Mark Milley says not to expect Russian forces to be ejected this year