Adela Suliman

London, U.K.

Reporter focusing on breaking U.S. and world news.

Education: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, LLB Law; Columbia University, MS in Journalism

Adela Suliman is a breaking-news reporter in The Washington Post's London hub, covering news as it unfolds in the United States and around the globe during overnight and early morning hours in Washington. Previously, she has worked for NBC News, Al Jazeera English, Reuters and the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The Associated Press. She is a graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, with a degree in Law, and Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism. Before pivoting to journalism, she spent four years as an international corporate litigator in London
Latest from Adela Suliman

Pet dog helps rescue owner who fell into frozen Michigan lake

Pet dog Ruby helped officer Kammeron Bennetts rescue her Traverse City owner, who had fallen into a freezing Arbutus Lake in East Bay Township, Michigan police said.

January 20, 2024

‘Succession’ creator Jesse Armstrong says there’ll be no spinoffs

Armstrong also told the BBC that while “Succession” characters did “reprehensible” things, he didn’t “think of them as irredeemable.”

January 20, 2024

Defense chief Austin asked to testify before Congress on hospital secrecy

Lloyd Austin has been called to testify before the House Armed Services Committee to explain “decisions made to withhold information” about his hospitalization.

January 19, 2024

U.S. hits Houthi sites in Yemen; Israel steps up West Bank raids

Pakistan launched retaliatory strikes on Iran’s Baluchistan region, opening a new front in Middle East tensions.

January 18, 2024

U.S. launches strikes against Houthis in Yemen; medicine, aid enter Gaza under deal

The rare diplomatic breakthrough, brokered by Qatar and France, is expected to provide medicine to at least 45 hostages.

January 17, 2024

Avalanche at popular California ski resort kills 1, injures 3

The avalanche closed down Palisades Tahoe, a California ski resort, after a mass of snow cascaded down the mountainside in Olympic Valley.

January 11, 2024

Blinken presses Israel on Gaza’s future; Netanyahu denies plan to displace Palestinians

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas and encountered resistance from Israeli officials over a post-war Gaza plan.

January 10, 2024

Blinken meets with Netanyahu in hopes of stemming Israel-Gaza conflict’s spread

Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit is also aimed at reducing civilian deaths in the fighting and trying to forge a consensus on the Gaza Strip’s future.

January 9, 2024

After part of a plane’s wall blew out, feds ground some Boeings

The Federal Aviation Administration has called for an inspection of 171 aircraft after part of a Boeing 737-9 Max’s wall blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight.

January 7, 2024

Greece reopens Alexander the Great’s ancient capital

Aigai was home to Alexander the Great and Philip II.

January 6, 2024