In an exit interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, CIA Director William Burns says he still thinks "there's a chance" for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to outgoing CIA Director Bill Burns about the handling of Russia, the Mideast, and security threats during his tenure, plus what lies ahead for the intel community.

It's the house in Kabul, Afghanistan, where al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by a ... starting with Russia and Vladimir Putin. I know you're fond of joking that most of your gray ...

As a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, later that year he went to Moscow to personally try to dissuade the Russian leadership from invading Ukraine. In 2022, he oversaw the operation that killed the leader of al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri. After war broke ...

According to Biden, al-Qaeda no longer poses a primary threat from Afghanistan, and there is no justification for a significant U.S. military presence in the region. He dismissed concerns that withdrawal would harm alliances or enable terrorist groups to threaten the U.S.

The city of Kherson in southern Ukraine is a key objective for Russia. Its military shells the city's neighborhoods daily and sends drones buzzing over the streets. We go out with a Ukrainian military unit that seeks to disrupt the Russians under

On a shelf in his office at CIA headquarters, Director Bill Burns keeps a tiny scaled model of a house. It's the house in Kabul, Afghanistan, where Al Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by a U.

In just ten days, on 8 December 2024, a surprise military offensive by the armed factions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led by Ahmed Al-Sharee, brought a swift and unexpected end to the bloody chapter of the Syrian civil war,