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Zeba Warsi

About Zeba @Zebaism

Zeba Warsi is a foreign affairs producer, based in Washington DC. She's a Columbia Journalism School graduate with an M.A. in Political journalism. She was one of the leading members of the NewsHour team that won the 2024 Peabody award for News for our coverage of the war in Gaza and Israel.

At the NewsHour, she covers foreign affairs with a focus on human-centric stories and long-form special projects. Since 2022, Warsi has covered a series of important global events including the ongoing war in the Middle East, with a focus on interviewing people in Gaza under challenging circumstances, the twin earthquakes in Turkey and northwest Syria, the war in Sudan with a focus on atrocities in West Darfur, life under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, the 2022 women-led protests in Iran and the worsening humanitarian crisis in East Africa among other issues.

Prior to the NewsHour, Warsi was based in New Delhi for eight years, covering politics, extremism, sexual violence, social movements and human rights as a special correspondent with CNN's India affiliate CNN-News18.

Warsi’s long-form investigation, into complaints of sexual assault and abuse in ICE detention center won the 2024 SAJA Award for outstanding story. She has won the UNFPA Laadli Award for Gender Sensitivity (2021) for a long-form feature on how protest politics in India acquired feminist undertones; the Young Professional of the Year award at the 2020 ENBA Awards for her reportage of the citizenship law protests, religious violence and the covid pandemic in India. Her investigative report on child-trafficking in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh won the 2019 Red Ink Award Special Mention for Outstanding Journalism, human rights category. She was also a finalist at the 2019 Asian TV Awards in the best news story category.

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World Feb 06

U.S. restarts nuclear diplomacy with Iran amid escalating threats. Here's what to know

The U.S. faced two very different nuclear challenges across two continents Friday. For the first time since last year’s war with Iran, U.S. and Iranian diplomats restarted indirect talks over Tehran’s nuclear program. And for the first time, the U.S.

World Feb 05

Sudanese army finds overwhelming suffering after breaking RSF siege of embattled city

A U.N.-backed global hunger watchdog warned Thursday that famine is spreading to more parts of Darfur in western Sudan. The U.N. says the war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has driven 14 million people from their…

World Feb 05

Head of humanitarian group urges nations to step up Sudan aid to prevent 'biblical' famine

The United Nations says Sudan’s civil war is the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. For a look at the effect this war has had on the people, as well as next steps, Nick Schifrin speaks with Jan Egeland, secretary…

World Feb 03

Colombian President Petro's White House visit defuses months of tensions with Trump

Two presidents known for their fiery rhetoric against each other met Tuesday in the Oval Office and apparently put their acrimony behind them. Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has long been a critic of President Donald Trump and the U.S. itself,…

World Feb 02

Doctoral student held hostage for years in Iraq shares her harrowing story after release

Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Russian-Israeli doctoral student at Princeton University, was conducting research in Baghdad in 2023 when she was kidnapped by an Iran-linked militia and held in captivity for more than 900 days. Her release last September followed a high-stakes…

World Jan 21

Greenland push helped Trump address Arctic security, Rebeccah Heinrichs says

For perspective on the crisis over Greenland and what comes next for the U.S. and its allies, Geoff Bennett spoke with Rebeccah Heinrichs, a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, a think tank in Washington.

World Jan 20

Gaza families dig through rubble searching for loved ones' remains

In Gaza, some families are digging through rubble with their bare hands as they search for loved ones. Nick Schifrin and our Gaza producer Shams Odeh have this look at one man’s desperate search for his deceased family. And a…

World Jan 14

Iran protests have eased after government's brutal crackdown, activist says

For days, the Middle East has been on edge, witnessing unprecedented protests in Iran, a deadly crackdown by Iranian authorities and threats to intervene by President Trump. But now, Trump says Iran’s crackdown has eased and suggested his focus is…

World Jan 13

As Iran protesters face ruthless crackdown, Trump says help 'on its way'

Protests in Iran are entering their third week as tens of thousands continue to take to the streets despite a deadly crackdown. President Trump said the death toll “appears significant," and Western officials say at least 2,000 have been killed.

Arts Dec 30

Artists hope to preserve and rebuild Gaza's cultural heritage

Gaza has been a place of terror, war and struggle, but also a place with a rich cultural and artistic history. Much of that has been damaged or destroyed the last two years. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown looks at…

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