Asma Khalid

Hi from London! (Yes, I am eventually coming home to DC!) I want to share a bit more about our new podcast The Global Story. And why I think it’s so special. And hope you will too (once you listen!)

Today on our show — The War in Lebanon, Explained. 🎧 - bbc.com/audio/play/w3c…

I’ve covered the last several US campaign cycles - and this is the first time I recall seeing a number of Democratic candidates pulling away from AIPAC money in this way.

🎧 here - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… Or 🎧 here - bbc.com/audio/play/w3c…

How does war affect a child’s brain? For nearly 40 years, my colleague (the legendary BBC correspondent Fergal Keane) has reported from some of the worst conflicts in the world. Today on our show - he sits down with us on The Global Story. bbc.com/audio/play/w3c…

Was the air strike on an Iranian school a war crime? 🎧 Global perspectives on one big story bbc.in/4sePbuZ

Was the air strike on a school in southern Iran a war crime? An important story - hope you’ll take a listen. Our show today - thanks to @oonahathaway and @MerlynThomas bbc.com/audio/play/w3c…

The chairman of the FCC shared a social media post from President Trump criticizing coverage of the Iran War. And threatened to revoke broadcastcasters’ licenses… nytimes.com/2026/03/14/wor…

American movies have long been seen as one of America’s great cultural exports. But these days, the Oscars are increasingly nominating films, filmmakers, and actors not in Hollywood, not from the U.S. Listen here 🎧 bbc.com/audio/play/w3c…

“Between 7 October 2023 and 8 March 2026, the UN's humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said 1,064 Palestinians were killed in the occupied West Bank, including at least 231 children.”

It used to be a pretty rare thing to call a president directly. But since the US attacked Iran two weeks ago, Trump has answered more than three dozen phone calls from journalists representing at least a dozen outlets ⁦@michaelscherer⁩ @ashleyrparker theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

Swiss voters resoundingly rejected an effort to cut funds for the country’s public broadcasting. (62% to 38%). Given recent history in the US (and debates in the UK) — this caught my eye. bbc.com/news/articles/…

March 14 (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization said on Saturday that it has verified ‌12 doctors, paramedics and nurses were killed in a strike on the Bourj Qalaouiyeh primary healthcare center in Lebanon late on Friday.

BOMBSHELL: The longtime Chevron executive was friends with Hugo Chavez, an admirer of Delcy and a CIA informant. He warned the spy agency that backing Venezuela's democratic opposition would mean another Iraq. @cmatthews9 @VeraMBergen wsj.com/world/americas…

I, along with print photographers, have been denied entry to cover today’s Pentagon briefing. All other media were allowed in.

Why is President Trump obsessed with the Chagos Islands? What goes on there that makes them so important? What have they got to do with Iran? Why is he angry at the Brits? Answers on this The Global Story ep. It was fun to produce @asmamk @BBCJLandale podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/why…

CBS News: Two federal law enforcement sources briefed on the probe say investigators have tentatively identified the deceased suspect in the Michigan synagogue attack as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a Lebanese-born U.S. citizen. Reporting with Pat Milton.

Suspect dead after attack at Michigan synagogue Live updates here - bbc.com/news/live/cq6q…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon tells Congress the first week of the Iran war cost the US $11.3 billion, an AP source says.

This sounds like a student who, perhaps, did not know his own local history. The main person we profiled in this documentary for PBS on the early history of Muslims in America was Yarrow Mamout, a man who lived in Georgetown. On Dent Place. pbs.org/video/from-sla…

NEWS via @CBSNews: An Iranian drone attack in Kuwait that killed U.S. service members in the early hours of the war with Iran was more severe than previously known, with dozens suffering injuries that included brain trauma, shrapnel trauma and burns, per sources. More than 30 remained in hospitals yday with battle injuries — one at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, 12 at Walter Reed, and about 25 at Landstuhl in Germany, sources said.  Of those, about 20 arrived on a C-17 military transport aircraft at Landstuhl on Tuesday with injuries the military designated as “urgent” and requiring evacuation. More than 100 medical personnel were sent to Landstuhl to assist. Report here from @ellee_watson @JimLaPorta and me. cbsnews.com/news/strike-in…