Articles by Tom Porter

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French PM condemns burkini as three more towns set to issue ban

Manuel valls described full body swimsuit as "not compatible with the values of France and the Republic".

Aug 17, 2016

France

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

Mexico

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

France

Scandal-ridden former Fifa President Joao Havelange dies

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

Aug 16, 2016

FIFA Brazil

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 arrested on suspicion of electoral fraud

Allegations relate to May local elections in Pendle.

Aug 15, 2016

Berlin asylum accommodation employees 'joked about guillotining refugee children'

Company's contracts cancelled following email leak.

Aug 15, 2016

Burkini riot leads to French ban

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

Aug 15, 2016

France

MPs given Mossad martial arts training following Jo Cox murder

MPs are being trained to defend themselves against armed attackers.

Aug 15, 2016

Jo Cox Israel

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

Isis Islamic State Syria

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

Donald Trump

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

France

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

Italy

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

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

NATO Turkey Russia

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

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 9, 2016

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

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

Aug 9, 2016

Syria Isis

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

Killer claimed he acted because Shah "disrespected" Islam.

Aug 9, 2016

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