Urooba Jamal

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Urooba writes news, analysis, features and live blogs on international politics and human rights around the world and has reported from multiple countries, notably Canada; Ecuador; the UK; Qatar, where she covered the Arab-Islamic summit following Israel’s attack on Doha; Pakistan, where she reported on the experiences of children living with a deadly blood disorder; and Bosnia, where she interviewed survivors of the Srebrenica genocide during its 30th anniversary in 2025. Urooba previously worked for Business Insider and the Associated Press in London, as well as Latin America’s largest media network, teleSUR, in Ecuador. Her work has previously been published by international outlets including CNN, the Washington Post and Vice. Urooba was a member of the Al Jazeera Live Page team which received Edward R Murrow Breaking News awards in 2024 and 2025 for its coverage of the Israeli war on Gaza. In 2019, she was named Journalist of the Month by the International Journalists' Network.

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Across 100 kilometres, they walk where Srebrenica’s dead once ran

Over 7000 Peace March participants arrived to the tiny village in Bosnia to commemorate victims

The Pakistani families caught in an endless cycle of blood transfusions

Mudassir Ali, diagnosed with thalassaemia major

A love story born in Gaza’s bombed Ahli Hospital

Hammam's grandparents (L) and his grandfather, Elias, at the hospital (R)

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A deliberate expansion of Iran’s campaign of retaliation beyond the Middle East could be taking place, said an expert.

U.S. Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent gestures whle speaking at the U.S.-China Relations Gala Dinner Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

UK-led coalition of 10 Northern European nations announces joint defence framework amid rising threats from Moscow.

Britain's Minister of State for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard gives a speech during the opening of the International Sea Power Conference 2026 on the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales which is located outside Akershus Fortress in Oslo, Norway, on November 10, 2026. (Photo by Ole Berg-Rusten / NTB / AFP) / NORWAY OUT

Analysts say a small intelligence-focused unit cannot seal Iran’s borders, and others warn it could expand the war.

U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command, observes a commercial vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz while flying in a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook over the international waterway

A fourth round of peace talks in 2026 takes place this week, with security guarantees for Ukraine high on the agenda.

Police officers carry a body recovered from an underground school destroyed in a Russian airstrike in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

As fears of an escalation grow, Washington announces ‘Task Force Iron Gate’.

General view of a closed gate at Pakistan and Iran's border posts, after Pakistan sealed its border with Iran as a preventive measure following the coronavirus outbreak, at the border post in Taftan, Pakistan

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Fighters hold a position.

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a round table with US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, October 21, 2026. [File: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]

Democrats seize control of both chambers of Congress as results roll in across the country in stunning rebuke to Trump.

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Exit poll projections show that if Eisenkot’s bloc teamed up with Arab parties, they could potentially unseat Bibi.

Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar ("Straight") party, waves an Israeli flag onstage following the release of the first exit poll results in Israel's general election in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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