Washington Post Foreign Bureaus

Baghdad

Liz Sly

Liz Sly, the Post's Baghdad bureau chief, has spent more than two decades as a foreign correspondent, with postings in Africa, China, Europe, South Asia, and the Middle East. She joined the Post in 2010, after working in Iraq since 2003 for the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times.

Berlin

Michael Birnbaum

Michael Birnbaum became The Washington Post's Berlin correspondent in January 2011, after two-and-a-half years of covering education for the newspaper from Washington. He has also worked at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Birnbaum has a degree in German history. He grew up in Chicago.

Beijing

Keith B. Richburg

Keith Richburg

Richburg is The Post's China correspondent. He has also reported from Afghanistan, Manila, Nairobi, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Paris and New York.

Bogota

Juan Forero

Juan Forero

Forero covers Colombia and Venezuela for The Post. In addition to the Andes, he has also reported throughout Mexico, Cuba and the Caribbean.

Cairo

Leila Fadel

Leila Fadel, the Post's Cairo bureau chief, will travel widely to cover the Arab world. She joined the Post in 2009 as Baghdad bureau chief, after reporting from Iraq for McClatchy Newspapers and Knight Ridder.

Hong Kong

Andrew Higgins

Andrew Higgins

Higgins is the senior Asia correspondent, with a particular focus on China. He has spent more than two decades as a foreign correspondent, with postings in Russia and China.

Islamabad

Richard Leiby

Leiby is The Post's correspondent in Pakistan. His previous assignments at the newspaper have included stints as a reporter, columnist and editor in Washington.

Jerusalem

Karin Brulliard

Karin Brulliard became the Post's Jerusalem bureau chief in February 2012. She joined the Post at its now-defunct Austin bureau in 2003 and later covered immigration from Washington, reported from Iraq and served as bureau chief in South Africa and Pakistan.

Kabul

Ernesto Londoño

Ernesto Londoño is a roving correspondent who covers Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. He has reported from Iraq since 2007, including a tour as bureau chief.

Kevin Sieff

Kevin Sieff became the Post's Kabul bureau chief in January 2012, after covering education for the newspaper from Washington.

London

Anthony Faiola

Anthony Faiola

Faiola is The Post's London bureau chief. Since joining the Post in 1994, he has also served as bureau chief in Tokyo, Buenos Aires and New York, and covered global economics from Washington.

Mexico City

William Booth

Before moving to Mexico, Booth wrote for The Washington Post's science and Style desks. He has also reported from The Post's Miami and Los Angeles bureaus.

Nick Miroff

Nick Miroff covers Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean for the Washington Post.

Moscow

Kathy Lally

Kathy Lally, the Moscow bureau chief, came to The Post in 2005 after many years at The Baltimore Sun, where she was Moscow correspondent for eight years.

Will Englund

Will Englund worked previously for The National Journal and the Baltimore Sun, where his assignments including two tours in Moscow.

Nairobi

Sudarsan Raghavan

Sudarsan Raghavan

Raghavan, The Post's Africa bureau chief, has reported from more than 50 countries and 20 conflict zones. Previously, he was based in Madrid and reported from the Middle East and Europe. He also covered the Iraq war as Baghdad bureau chief. Raghavan is the recipient of three Overseas Press Club Awards.

New Delhi

Simon Denyer

Simon Denyer

Simon Denyer is the Post's India bureau chief. He previously served as the Reuters bureau chief in Washington, India and Pakistan.

Rama Lakshmi

Rama Lakshmi

Rama Lakshmi has been with The Washington Post's India bureau since April 1990. She has also worked with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the Missouri History Museum.

Paris

Ed Cody

Ed Cody

Before moving to Paris, Ed Cody covered China from The Post's Beijing bureau. He has also worked for the Associated Press in New York, New Delhi, Beirut and Paris.

Tehran

Thomas Erdbrink

Thomas Erdbrink

Thomas Erdbrink has covered the Islamic Republic of Iran for The Washington Post since 2008. Erdbrink, a fluent Farsi speaker, has been covering Iran and the region since 2002, working extensively in Iraq, Lebanon and and Libya.

Tokyo

Chico Harlan

Chico Harlan

Chico Harlan joined the foreign staff in 2010 after two years covering the domestic crisis of Washington Nationals baseball.



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