Niha Masih

Seoul

Breaking news reporter focusing on U.S. and global events

Education: Delhi University, BA in English; Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, MA in Journalism

Niha Masih is a reporter at The Washington Post's Seoul hub, where she covers breaking news in the United States and across the world. Previously, she was The Post's correspondent in India, where she covered the rise of majoritarian nationalism, conflict in Kashmir, the covid crisis and digital surveillance of citizens. In 2022, she covered the political crisis in Sri Lanka as protesters toppled the president. She was the joint recipient of South Asian Journalism Association's 2022 Daniel Pearl Award for a series of reports into the surveillance and hacking of Indian activists jailed for terro
Latest from Niha Masih

Which countries have suspended or restricted arms sales to Israel?

The U.K. is the latest country to suspend some weapons exports, amid scrutiny over military aid to Israel as the war in Gaza nears the one-year mark.

September 11, 2024
Palestinians search for victims on Sept. 1 after an Israeli strike hit a school in Zeitoun, Gaza City, that was sheltering displaced people.

Democrats cheer — and Republicans dismiss — Taylor Swift’s Harris endorsement

Democrats hailed “cultural icon” Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris after the debate. Donald Trump said he had “no idea” about it.

September 11, 2024
Taylor Swift's Instagram post endorsing Kamala Harris.

How Harris and Trump answered foreign policy questions during the debate

Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump debated China ties, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the war in Gaza and the exit from Afghanistan.

September 11, 2024
Former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris at the presidential debate in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

These are the wildfires burning in California, Nevada and Oregon

Dangerous wildfires include the Line, Airport, Boone and Bridge fires in California; the Davis Fire in Nevada; and the Little Lava and Shoe Fly fires in Oregon.

September 10, 2024
A resident walks from his car, packed with belongings, as Highway 330 is engulfed by the Line Fire near Running Springs, Calif., on Saturday.

RFK Jr.’s name to be removed from N.C. ballots after state Supreme Court ruling

Preparing new ballots without Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will delay the process of sending out ballots by about two weeks and cost over $1 million, officials have said.

September 10, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks beside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during a campaign event last month in Glendale, Ariz.

Harris campaign website now outlines policy platform

The page lists Harris’s economic, immigration and foreign policy agendas, contrasting each section with the far-right Project 2025 policy proposal.

September 9, 2024
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris at a rally in Savannah, Ga., on Thursday.

Edmundo González, likely winner of Venezuela election, flees to Spain

González fled days after the attorney general for Venezuela’s authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, filed a warrant for the arrest of the former diplomat.

September 8, 2024
Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González has left the country for Spain.

Gunman kills 3 Israelis in rare attack at border crossing with Jordan

The shooting by a Jordanian gunman at the Allenby Bridge was the deadliest on record at the border crossing. In response, Israel shut down land crossings with Jordan.

September 8, 2024

A nature lover, a young father: Who were the 6 hostages found dead in Gaza?

Israel is mourning six slain hostages who were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7. The government estimates 64 hostages remain alive in Gaza.

September 2, 2024
Six mock coffins on display during a protest outside the Kyria military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Sunday. Arnon Bar-David, head of the Histadrut labor union, addressed the crowd.

Protests escalate in Israel after 6 hostages’ bodies are recovered in Gaza

Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli American, and five others Hamas took hostage on Oct. 7 were killed “shortly before” being found, the Israel Defense Forces said.

September 1, 2024
Undated portraits provided Sunday by the Hostages Families Forum Headquarters show, from top left: Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov and Carmel Gat; and from bottom left: Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi and Hersh Goldberg-Polin. The Israeli military said it found their bodies in a tunnel in southern Gaza.