Articles by Niamh Harris

‘The advanced weapon is part of a programme to create a missile that will destroy targets anywhere on Earth within an hour of launch. After detecting a problem, experts destroyed the missile near the test […]

‘The home secretary, Theresa May, is to introduce a “comprehensive package” reforming the use of police stop-and-search powers after telling MPs that as many as a quarter of a million street searches last year were […]

‘Savers will go back to storing cash under the mattress if the taxman wins the power to seize money from bank accounts, experts warned last night. They said HMRC’s record of blunders meant it could […]

Obama paves way for airstrikes on ISIS after sending in spy planes – despite Assad warning that any attack will be seen as ‘aggression’ ‘Barack Obama has paved the way for airstrikes against ISIS targets […]

‘Half the planet should be set aside solely for the protection of wildlife to prevent the “mass extinction” of species, according to one of the world’s leading biologists. The radical conservation strategy proposed by Dr […]

‘Russia doesn’t want to escalate tit-for-tat sanctions with the West, but is ready to do whatever is necessary to protect its legitimate interests, including those of national security in all its dimensions, Russia’s FM told […]

‘Microsoft Corp. is currently sitting on almost $29.6 billion it would owe in U.S. taxes if it repatriated the $92.9 billion of earnings it is keeping offshore, according to disclosures in the company’s most recent […]

‘Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have been joining forces in secret to carry out air strikes on Libya, anonymous high-ranking US officials told the media. The two countries have reportedly coordinated and launched the […]

‘The United States National Security Agency has built a massive information sharing system intended to allow intelligence community analysts from across the US government access hundreds of billions of records detailing the lives of people […]