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.

Zoo fined after faulty door bolt allowed tiger to maul keeper Sarah McClay to death

Sarach McClay was killed by a tiger that escaped its enclosure in 2013.

Suspect extradited to Italy from Sudan may be ‘wrong man’

Man accused of being alleged people smuggler Mered Medhanie claims police have wrong person

Hundreds of friends and relatives of the arrested man have backed his claims that police have got it wrong.

Russian ban on large bottles of perfume to stop alcoholics drinking them

Consumption of alcohol-based products like eau de cologne is main cause of poisoning in remote central region.

A Turkish anti riot-police officer stands guard near the site of a bomb attack that targeted a bus shuttle service carrying anti-riot police in the Vezneciler district of Istanbul

Kurdish TAK claims responsibility for Istanbul suicide bombing

Attack on police bus killed 11 people.

'Bullying' forced the UN to remove Saudi Arabia from children's rights blacklist

UN chief Ban Ki Moon says Riyadh threatened to cut funding to humanitarian programmes.

Jihadist unit forced prisoners to kiss severed head, Bosnian court hears

Miodrag Samac was taken prisoner by the El Mujahideen unit in July 1995.

Moroccans accused of starting Dusseldorf refugee centre blaze in Ramadan mealtimes row

Blaze levelled 6,000-metre hall in western German city.

Have-a-go hero saves girl, 13, from rape nightmare in Highbury, north London

Police have appealed for information to trace the attacker.

New British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Daring, the first of the Royal Navy's new Type 45 destroyers, leaves the southern English harbour of Portsmouth

£1bn British warships breaking down in Gulf heat

Contractors claim MoD failed to warn them that ships were to spend long periods in warm water.

Ex-CIA agent to be extradited to Italy over 'extraordinary rendition' of Egyptian cleric

Sabrina de Sousa has lost her appeal against rendition at Lisbon's supreme court.

What we know about alleged human trafficking kingpin Mered Medhanie, aka The General

Medhanie's sophisticated network allegedly behind 2013 death of 359 refugees near Lampedusa.

Thousands of refugee have fled the fightingFallujah

Battle for Fallujah: Isis fighters use food to lure starving civilians to enlist

Refugees claim that militants have taken command of city's food supplies.

Fire engulfs refugee centre in Duesseldorf

All 180 refugees in the hall were taken to safety.

A low barricade erected earlier in the day stands outside the Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski Dresden

Who is attending Bilderberg Group's 2016 summit and what will they discuss?

Forum bedevilled with conspiracy theories but attendees claim secrecy is essential for frank tals.

Relative of Germanwings crash victims to sue doctor of suicidal co-pilot Andreas Lubitz

Plaintiff claims doctor should have flagged pilot's severe depression to airline.

A policeman stand guards outside the home of murdered Bangladeshi blogger Niloy Chakrabarti, who used the pen-name Niloy Neel, in Dhaka on August 7, 2015.

Bangladesh minister blames murders of secular bloggers on Israeli-led conspiracy

Bangladesh has been accused of denial about alleged Isis involvement in kiillings.

Relic with blood of Pope John Paul II stolen from Cologne Cathedral

Cloth contained late pontiff's bloodstain.

German MP under police guard after Armenian genocide resolution

Bundestag resolution recognising 1915 Armenian genocide has provoked Turkey's ire.

Revenge porn: MPs under pressure to grant anonymity to victims of sex crime

Campaigners claim that victims often refuse to testify in prosecutions as they fear being publicly identified.

French investigators confirm EgyptAir Flight 804 black box detected

Plane crashed into Mediterranean in May with 66 on board.

Signals believed to be from EgyptAir Flight MS804's black boxes detected

Egyptian officials said a French vessel may have picked up the signals from deep underwater.

Horror in Hollywood: Girlfriend's body 'drained of blood' at apartment of Blake Leibel, son of Toronto property tycoon

Son of a millionaire Toronto developer has been charged with torturing and killing his girlfriend in his Hollywood home.

Polish justice minister bids to overturn Polanski extradition ban

Film director fled the US in 1978 after statutory rape charge.

Police officers on duty in Hamburg's mainrailwaystation

Teenage girl reportedly acted on 'Isis orders' when she stabbed a German police officer

Safia S had allegedly spoken online of how she had been ordered to cause a 'surprise for the unbelievers'.

Former Miss Turkey handed suspended sentence for insulting 'corrupt' Erdogan on Instagram

The Turkish president has sued almost two thousand people accused of insulting him since becoming PM in 2014.

Model Maria Kukucova sentenced to 15 years for murdering British millionaire ex-boyfriend

Kukucova shot dead Andrew Bush at his mansion near Marbella in 2014.

Man stabbed friend 10 times 'after meth binge in Oregon Buddhist temple,' say police

Victim was found seriously injured hiding in bushes by monks.

Egyptian President pledges justice for Christian mother beaten and stripped by mob

'We are all one and the law must take its course,' said president Abdel Fattah al-Sisis in televised statement.

Chad: Ex-president Hissene Habre convicted of crimes against humanity, rape and torture

Verdict marks end of 16 year struggle for justice by victims and rights groups.

China affirms 'brotherhood' with Africa after detergent advert racism controversy

Advert depicted black man being placed in a washíng machine.