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.

GoPro Wearable Cameras Make Surfer CEO a Billionaire

GoPro CEO Nick Woodman says that innovation is at the heart of the success of the company that has netted him a fortune.

Frenchman Marries Stepmother. Father Attends Ceremony

French couple marry after fighting banning marriage between stepchildren and stepparents.

Ben Affleck on last night's Bill Maher show. (HBO)

Ben Affleck Furiously Defends Islam on Bill Maher Show

Ben Affleck outraged after author Sam Harris calls Islam 'the motherload of bad ideas'.

Officers bring body bags to the mass grave uncovered in Iguala last night. (AFP)

Mass Graves Uncovered in Iguala, Mexico, After 43 Students Go Missing

Mexican police officers investigated for homicide after mass graves discovered.

Russian Su-30 fighter jet ( DMITRY KOSTYUKOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Rise of 'Top Gun' Style Mid-Air Stand-offs Between US and Russian Jets

Chinese and Russian air forces jostle with US as they project power beyond borders.

Digitally scanned image of a skull (FBI)

First 'Cyber Murder' an Inevitability, Warn Experts

Web-connected health devices are open to be exploited by hackers, claims Europol report.

Formula One Driver Jules Bianchi Seriously Injured in Japanese Grand Prix Crash

Heavy rain caused two crashes in lap 46 of Japanese Grand Prix.

An injured pro-democracy protester is led away by police in Hong Kong

Hong Kong: 'Hired Triad Thugs Attacked Demonstrators' Claims Legislator

Hong Kong politician accuses chief executive of using criminal gangs to attack pro-democracy Occupy Central protesters.

Police Searching for Alice Gross Suspect Arnis Zalkalns Find Body

Builder, 41, not seen since day of teen's murder.

Baby Girl Mauled to Death by Dog

Six month-old attacked and killed by a dog in her relative's house.

A US air strike on a position in Syria. Khorasan targets are believed to have escaped. (US State Department)

'Khorasan Leaders Continuing to Plot Terror After Escaping Air Strikes' Say US Officials

Al-Qaida-linked terror group reportedly planning attack on a civilian airliner.

Humiliating Japanese Lie Detector Party Game Set For US Release

Device flashes red when a person is lying, and green when they tell the truth.

Jeremy Clarkson Describes 'Terror' as Top Gear Crew Stoned by Crowd in Argentina

Top Gear attacked by locals enraged by 'Falklands War' numberplate.

How Many Western Hostages Is Isis Holding Prisoner?

Group of aid workers and journalists believed to be held by Islamist group.

Prison guard at the Cookham Wood Young Offenders Institution, Rochester

Fears of Sexual Exploitation Raised At Plan to Imprison Teen Girls With Male Inmates

Plans to house male and female young offenders together in 'secure colleges' described as 'dangerous'.

First Gay Pride March in Four Years Takes Place in Belgrade, Serbia

First gay pride march in four years takes place in Belgrade, Serbia, after homophobic violence marred last march in 2010.

Kurdish Fighters Build Their Own 'Mad Max' Tanks to Halt the Advance of Isis

Faced with Isis militants armed with state-of-the-art weapons, Syrians are building DIY tanks to defend their towns.

Yemeni soldiers guard the US Embassy coumpound in Sanaa

Al-Qaida Splinter Group Claims Responsibility For Rocket Attack on US Embassy in Yemen

Terrorist attack on Yemen's US embassy injures two Yemeni special police officers

Brooks Newmark, Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office who resigned last night following a tabloid sex sting. (Getty)

Brooks Newmark and The Top Five Tory Sleaze Scandals

As another Conservative MP quits over sleaze, we look at five other sex scandals that have rocked the Tories.

Thief Walter Earl Morrison Swaps £100K Diamond for £12 Bag of Weed

UPS worker swiped diamond while loading plane at airport.

Bela Kovacs, MEP for Hungarian far-right party Jobbik. (Reuters)

Hungarian Far Right Party Politician Accused of Being KGB Spy

Hungarian investigators request that European Parliament revoke Jobbik MEP's legal immunity.

Israeli Tourists Flock to Golan Heights to Catch Glimpse of al-Qaida

Al Qaida-linked rebels now in control of demilitarized zone between Syria and Israel.

Ebola treatment clinic in Monrovia, Liberia

Ebola Crisis: Liberia Doctor Treats Patients With HIV Drugs - Most Survive

Doctor in Liberia treats patients with HIV drug lamivudine and mortality rate falls from 70% to 7%.

A rescue worker lowers a stretcher to help Tsenolo Shadrack Rasello, whose leg had be amputated after becoming trapped climbing. (Mountain Club of South Africa Search and Rescue)

Climber's Leg Amputated After He Becomes Trapped on South African Mountain

Scenes reminiscent of Hollywood film 127 Hours.

Health worker, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, fumigates for mosquitos

Death Toll Climbs, as Mosquito-Borne Virus Chikungunya Sweeps Americas

Three more victims of virus recorded in Puerto Rica, with thousands infected across region.

Chicago Gangsters Gun Down Boy, 9

Gunman claims he shot the boy as he believed he was trying to reveal his whereabouts to rival gang.

Giant Spiders to Invade UK Homes

Warm weather has provided plenty of food for UK's arachnids, leading to them getting fatter and more numerous.

Member of jihadist group Jabhat al Nusra in Syria. (Getty)

Rival Terror Group 'Khorasan' Poses More Direct Threat Than Isis, Warn US Officials

Shadowy group is led by former Osama bin Laden lieutenant Muhsin al-Fadhli.

One of the controversial adverts of the American Fereedom Defense Initiative (CBS)

'Divisive' Anti-Islam Adverts Featuring Murdered Hostage James Foley Shown on New York Buses

Critics claim adverts, one of which shows murdered James Foley, encourage Islamophobia

Former oil tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky (Getty)

Putin Opponent Khodorkovsky Announces He's Willing to Reform Russia

Oil tycoon was sentenced to a decade in jail for fraud after funding Putin's opposition parties.