Harriet Barber

Harriet Barber is an international news reporter, specialising in human rights' abuses, violence against women, and the refugee crisis.

Notre-Dame rises from the ashes as world leaders gather for grand reopening

Henry Samuel 7 Dec 2024, 10:33pm

Assad regime on brink as Syrian rebels encircle Damascus

Harriet Barber 7 Dec 2024, 9:50pm
Assad vows to ‘break’ rebel offensive in Syria

Daniel Hardaker 1 Dec 2024, 6:41pm
Russia and Syria bomb rebel-held Idlib as Assad prepares major counter-attack

Conflict appears to be widening as UN says fighting poses a risk to regional security

Harriet Barber 1 Dec 2024, 2:13pm

Scholz accuses election rival of playing ‘Russian roulette’ with pro-Ukraine stance

Harriet Barber 30 Nov 2024, 5:13pm
Migrants will return to Syria after rebel advance, says Erdogan

Turkish president believes the assault on Aleppo that led to Islamist militant group controlling the city will ‘accelerate pace of returns’

Harriet Barber 30 Nov 2024, 3:37pm
Ukraine has lost more than 40pc of land it captured in Russia’s Kursk

Russia has ‘increased counter-attacks’ after Kyiv’s surprise invasion

Harriet Barber 23 Nov 2024, 3:16pm
Nato and Ukraine to hold emergency talks over Russia’s new hypersonic missile

Putin claims US air defence systems powerless to stop Oreshnik which flies at ten times the speed of sound

Harriet Barber 23 Nov 2024, 1:39pm
Nikki Haley won’t be in my Cabinet, says Trump

Harriet Barber 10 Nov 2024, 12:12am
Trump attacks ‘fake poll’ showing him losing Iowa

Tony Diver 3 Nov 2024, 6:23pm

Peru’s forced sterilisation policy could constitute a crime against humanity

More than 300,000 women were sterilised under the guise of a family planning scheme during the 1990s

Harriet Barber 31 Oct 2024, 1:35pm
Israel’s strikes on Iran ‘should be the end of it’, says US

Harriet Barber 26 Oct 2024, 6:34pm
‘Darkest moment of the war’ unfolding in Gaza, UN says

Jotam Confino 25 Oct 2024, 8:26pm
Netanyahu vows to punish Iran after Hezbollah drone hits his house

Harriet Barber 19 Oct 2024, 6:57pm
Iran in diplomatic push to limit Israel’s retaliation

Harriet Barber 12 Oct 2024, 5:11pm
Israeli air strike kills two Lebanese soldiers

Harriet Barber 11 Oct 2024, 8:43pm
Hezbollah successor ‘unreachable after Israeli airstrike’

Harriet Barber 5 Oct 2024, 5:02pm
Watch: Boy, 10, ‘drives stolen car around playground’

Police say arrested child is also suspect in a dozen cases from robbery to armed assault

Harriet Barber 5 Oct 2024, 1:13pm
Israel should strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, says Trump

Presidential hopeful says Netanyahu should strike those targets first and ‘worry about rest later’

Harriet Barber 5 Oct 2024, 11:55am
Biden tells Israel to seek ‘alternatives’ to striking Iran oil sites

Ben Farmer 4 Oct 2024, 8:04pm
Rwanda Marburg virus: What is it, symptoms, causes and vaccines

The hemorrhagic fever is closely related to Ebola, but it was first discovered following a laboratory incident in Europe

Harriet Barber 30 Sep 2024, 11:03am
Three-front war fear as Israel strikes Yemen power plant

Melanie Swan 29 Sep 2024, 8:51pm