Articles by Niamh Harris

‘President Vladimir Putin described on Thursday the current situation in Ukraine as “bloody chaos”, pledging that Moscow will make every effort to stop the conflict. “The country has fallen in bloody chaos, fratricidal conflict,” Putin […]

‘Yasmina Haifi, who works for the Dutch Justice Ministry’s National Cyber Security Centre, made the controversial statement on Twitter yesterday, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported. Referring to IS by their former name, the Islamic State […]

‘A Liberal Democrat minister called last night for cannabis to be legalised for medical use. Norman Baker said the drug could help relieve symptoms for sufferers of conditions such as multiple sclerosis and help those […]

A new report says the US government under George W. Bush had urged Tony Blair’s government in UK to construct facilities in Diego Garcia like the US has at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The report which […]

‘Libya’s parliament has called for foreign intervention to protect civilians from deadly clashes between rival militia groups. MPs were meeting in Tobruk in the east because of violence in the capital Tripoli and the second […]

‘After decades of rearing hogs, Danish farmer IbBorup Pedersen was alarmed at the growing incidence of malformations and biological defects among his newborn piglets. Deformities included gaps in piglets’ skulls, deformed bones, missing limbs and […]

‘The White House attempts to buy goodwill on the continent amid escalation in militarism A much-anticipated summit at the State Department and White House was held during Aug. 4-8. Dozens of African heads-of-state and the […]

‘David Cameron no longer has a cabinet minister responsible for the controversial trade deal that critics fear could open up the NHS to “irreversible” privatisation. Ken Clarke oversaw the negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and […]

‘A Russian aid convoy consisting of nearly 300 white trailer trucks carrying 2,000 tons of supplies for besieged Ukrainians in the eastern province of Luhansk is being blocked by the regime in Kiev. The Guardian […]

‘The intensive militarization of America’s police forces is a serious menace about which a small number of people have been loudly warning for years, with little attention or traction. In a 2007 paper on “the […]