DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal, mediators announced Wednesday, pausing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip and raising the possibility of winding down ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

US president-elect Donald Trump has suggested Israel and Hamas could agree a Gaza ceasefire by the end of the week. Talks between Israeli and Hamas representatives resumed in the Qatari capital ...

Emily Damari has been a hostage for 470 days (Family handout/PA) The family of the final British hostage in Gaza – one of three set to be released by Hamas on Sunday – have previously ...

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 ...