Tom Porter

Tom Porter

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Tom reports on domestic and foreign affairs for IBTimes UK. His interests include Russia, crime and security. Previously Tom worked at the BBC and the East London Guardian.

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Puerto Vallarta kidnapping restaurant

Drugs kingpin El Chapo's son feared among abductees from Mexican resort

A group of six were abducted from an upscale restaurant on Monday.

Aug 16, 2016

Boulogne-sur-Mer

British boy, 13, feared dead after going missing off French coast

Boy was in water with his two brothers when he got into difficulty.

Aug 16, 2016

Former Fifa President Joao Havelange

Scandal-ridden former Fifa President Joao Havelange dies

Former president of football's governing body died after battle with pneumonia.

Aug 16, 2016

Niqab Germany

Germany: Merkel's CDU party says burqa is 'contrary to integration'

Earlier party chiefs called for ban on Islamic veils.

Aug 16, 2016

BNP leader Adam Walker

BNP leader arrested on suspicion of electoral fraud

Allegations relate to May local elections in Pendle.

Aug 15, 2016

A Berlin refugee housing company

Berlin asylum accommodation employees 'joked about guillotining refugee children'

Company's contracts cancelled following email leak.

Aug 15, 2016

Police and protesters clash in Lupito

Burkini riot leads to French ban

A dispute over tourists photographing women in full-body swimsuit sparked a riot.

Aug 15, 2016

Jo Cox tributes

MPs given Mossad martial arts training following Jo Cox murder

MPs are being trained to defend themselves against armed attackers.

Aug 15, 2016

war on Islamic State Isis Daesh

Syria: Isis militants fleeing besieged Manbij abduct 2,000 civillians

US-backed forces said earlier they are on the verge of seizing northern Syrian town.

Aug 12, 2016

Donald Trump

Republicans want cut to Donald Trump's funding as his chances of being president are 'evaporating'

70 members back letter to party chief saying candidate's unpopularity risks a Democratic landslide.

Aug 12, 2016

burkini burqini ban germany islam 2016

Cannes bans burkinis from beaches after recent French terror attacks

Official says clothing 'refers to an allegiance to terrorist movements which are at war with us'.

Aug 12, 2016

Corleone, Sicily

Italy dissolves local government in Corleone over mafia infiltration

Town is birthplace of Cosa Nostra 'boss of bosses' and one of 212 areas to have been infiltrated.

Aug 11, 2016

Child injured Aleppo

Suspected chlorine gas attack in Aleppo kills four as barrel bombs fall on besieged Syrian city

Hospital manager says 55 injured hours before Russia-backed ceasefire due to start.

Aug 11, 2016

Erdogan Putin

Nato says Turkey's membership 'not in question' despite Putin rapprochement

Announcement comes amid increasing anti-western rhetoric in Turkey following failed coup.

Aug 10, 2016

Denmark police

Iranian refugee arrested after threatening to blow himself up at Danish asylum centre

Police said that "love problems" may have been behind threats.

Aug 10, 2016

Woman in burqa

German ministers consider burqa ban in response to terror threat

Ministers also plan 15,000 more armed police by 2020 and increased surveillance of public transport.

Aug 10, 2016

Richard 'Scott' Silverthorne

Mayor resigns after 'offering meth for group sex'

Richard Silverthorne caught giving drugs to police in undercover sting.

Aug 09, 2016

UK armed police

Two arrested in Coventry for 'Syria-related' terror offences

Men, 32 and 26, held in 'intelligence-led' investigation on suspicion of financing terrorism.

Aug 09, 2016

Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah

Muslim taxi driver jailed for murder of Ahmadi Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah

Killer claimed he acted because Shah "disrespected" Islam.

Aug 09, 2016

French soldiers Eiffel tower

French girl, 16, charged with inciting Isis terror on social media app Telegram

Girl, described as 'extremely radicalised' by prosecutors, called for violent attacks.

Aug 09, 2016

man cuts off fingertips

Israeli biker cuts off fingertips after speeding arrest in desperate scheme to foil police

Police caught the man driving through a red light and 'endangering his life and the lives of others on the road.'

Aug 08, 2016

Isis release video purportedly showing Ansbach suicide bomber

Saudi Arabia working with Germany to track down Isis militants behind Ansbach and Wuezburg attacks

According to rare public report, attacks were directed by terrorists abroad.

Aug 08, 2016

Mossos D'Esquadra

Members of notorious Pink Panther gang arrested during Barcelona heist

Ex-Balkan military group believed to have stolen jewellery worth £283 million in 16 years.

Aug 08, 2016

Charlie Hebdo

Model student cleared of Charlie Hebdo attack involvement arrested for reportedly joining Isis

Mourad Hamyd, who was brother-in-law to killer, detained in Turkey and in custody in Bulgaria.

Aug 08, 2016

Ansbach explosion

Refugees that perpetrated German terror attacks were in contact with Isis - report

Wuerzberg and Ansbach attackers were in contact with extremists using Saudi registered numbers.

Aug 05, 2016

The Bible

Evangelical church calls in drones to drop 'hope and love' Bibles onto Isis occupied territory

Controversial church says tiny electronic gospels will be dropped from drones over Iraq.

Aug 05, 2016

The famous Braderie de Lille has been

Famed French street market cancelled amid terror fears

Lille mayor blamed decision on "risks we cannot address."

Aug 05, 2016

Nice attack flowers

Man injured in Nice attack dies, increasing death toll to 85

The 56-year-old man had been on life support since the Bastille Day attack.

Aug 05, 2016

burkini burqini ban germany islam 2016

French mayor threatens to ban 'burkini' pool party

Michel Amiel, the mayor of Les Pennes-Mirabeau, described the event as a 'provocation'.

Aug 04, 2016

Ninorta Bahno

Syrian refugee crowned wine queen in Germany

Ninorta Bahno pledged to use role to work for the integration of refugees.

Aug 04, 2016

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