Articles by Niamh Harris

‘Britain will not work with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the battle against Islamic State (IS) extremists, the foreign secretary has told the BBC. Philip Hammond said to do so would not be “practical, sensible […]

‘UK’s former army chief Richard Dannatt has said Britain must cooperate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to combat the ISIL Takfiri group. Dannatt, Britain’s former chief of general staff, said on Friday that a conversation […]

‘Police and others would have the ability to shut off cell phones anytime they wanted under a bill passed by California’s state legislature, privacy experts say. Senate Bill (SB) 962 would require manufacturers to add […]

‘In a Pentagon briefing today, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said US airstrikes have helped Iraqi and Kurdish forces regain their footing in Iraq, but he expects Islamic State militants will regroup and stage a new […]

‘Last weekend we reported that the taxman was sending 40,000 letters to people it believed were failing to pay tax due on property investments. The letters said: “HMRC has data relating to landlords and is […]

 Article by Robert Fisk, The Independent . The “caliphate” has some pretty tough theatrical producers. They write a bleak and savage script. Our job is now to respond to each line, and they understand us […]

In a surprise U-turn, China’s Ministry of Agriculture has decided not to continue with a program which developed genetically-modified rice and corn. Some environmentalists say public concerns about GM crops played a key role in […]

‘In California, people with Alzheimer’s will be given transfusions of young blood to see if improves their cognition – there’s good reason to hope it might IT SOUNDS like the dark plot of a vampire […]