Articles by Tom Porter

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Escort girls await customers at Berlin's exclusive Night Club Bel Ami

Call for state to pay prostitutes to visit elderly care homes stirs debate in Germany

Under the proposal care home residents unable to afford sex workers could bill the state.

Jan 10, 2017

Former banker Sir David Clementi confirmed as new BBC chairman

Sir David called for the BBC Trust to be scrapped in a recent report.

Jan 10, 2017

Theresa May

A young Chinese internet addict receives an electroencephalogram check at the Beijing Military Region Central Hospital July 6, 2005 in Beijing, China.

Beijing ends electroshock therapy and beatings for internet addicts

Camps use brutal treatments to cure addicts.

Jan 10, 2017

Israel on a knife edge as country mourns four young soldiers killed in Jerusalem truck attack

Two American-born soldiers and three female recruits were killed in the rampage.

Jan 9, 2017

Israel Isis

he guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72) transits the Mediterranean Sea

US Navy destroyer fires warning shots at Iranian military vessels

Revolutionary Guard vessels failed to heed instructions to slow down as they approached US ships.

Jan 9, 2017

Iran

Police secures the new center for refugees on August 21, 2015 in Heidenau from attacks by far-right opponents of asylum accommodation.

Berlin could allow failed asylum seekers who are victims of far right attacks to stay in country

"Whoever is a victim of far-right violence will enjoy our double protection and will not be deported," said interior minister.

Jan 9, 2017

Cult leader Charles Manson back in prison after hospital treatment

Manson was reportedly admitted to hospital last week suffering a serious illness.

Jan 9, 2017

California

Tube strike: London Underground peace talks break down between unions and TfL

London closed: Rail, Tube and airline strikes bring perfect storm of travel misery

London Underground, Southern rail and BA staff are all scheduled to take industrial action next week.

Jan 6, 2017

German police seize 100kg of explosives from home of teenager 'plotting far right attack'

The teenager is being held alongside a 24-year-old man suspected of involvement.

Jan 6, 2017

$In this handout image provided by Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence, HMAS Success conducts a Replenishment at Sea with United States Navy Ship (USNS) Cesar Chavez, as USNS Cesar Chavez\'s helicopter, a Super Puma, conducts a Vertical Replen$

Hunt for missing flight MH370 'to end in two weeks'

An international search has so far failed to find any debris from the flight, which disappeared in 2013.

Jan 6, 2017

Group with Scientology links lectures UK schoolkids – describes L Ron Hubbard as a 'great humanitarian'

Narconon reportedly praised the movement's founder L Ron Hubbard to schoolchildren.

Jan 6, 2017

Scientology London

Turkey arrests 18 after Izmir bomb attack and alleges Kurdish PKK responsible

Two were killed in the attack outside a couthouse in Turkey's third largest city.

Jan 6, 2017

Turkey

Cult leader Charles Manson has been battling serious illness 'for months', prison official says

Cult leader is currently being treated in hospital after being transferred from prison.

Jan 5, 2017

Man accused of sexually assaulting woman and locking her in a wooden box over holiday period

Woman managed to escape the box and escape from the basement she had been locked in.

Jan 5, 2017

Truck used in Berlin attack 'could end up in museum'

Bonn museum already displays several artefacts from historical German terror groups and attacks.

Jan 5, 2017

Islamic State

Members of the U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade and a Lithuanian infantry soldier (L) participate in the Iron Sword multinational military exercises on November 24, 2016

Elite US troops deployed to deter Russian aggression toward Lithuania as Baltic tensions rise

Soldiers deployed to train local forces and deter Russian aggression.

Jan 4, 2017

Russia NATO

Who is Charles Manson and where are his 'family' cult members now?

Manson, one of the most infamous figures in American criminal history, has been rushed to hospital.

Jan 4, 2017

$A police officer (R) and security guards (L) stand guard near the capital\'s Brandenburg Gate on December 31, 2016,$

Syrian refugee on trial accused of scouting Berlin locations for Isis to attack

The 19-year-old allegedly fought for the terror group in Syria before being deployed to Germany.

Jan 4, 2017

Isis Islamic State

UN officials in trouble after being filmed dancing with leftist guerrillas

Blue-coated officials criticised for 'partying with' female militants.

Jan 3, 2017

United Nations

Military police officers track for fugitives of the Anisio Jobim Penitentiary Complex after a riot in the prison left at least 60 people killed and several injured,

Gang chiefs transferred from Brazilian jail in wake of massacre

Fifty six were killed in a riot in a Manaus prison sparked by a war between drugs gangs.

Jan 3, 2017

Brazil

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