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.

Stephen Howellls Jr, and Nicole Vaisey. (handout)

American Couple Charged With Abduction of Amish Girls

New York State sheriff said Stephen Howellls Jr and Nicole Vaisey may have been planning to kidnap other children.

Texas governor and presidential hopeful Rick Perry has been indicted by a federal grand jury for vetoing funds for an anti-corruption unit. The decision makes Perry the first Texas governor to be indicted in nearly 100 years. It could also prevent him s

Texas Governor Rick Perry Indicted For Abuse of Power

Rick Perry's 2016 Presidential Election ambitions at risk as US grand jury announces indictment.

Robin Williams 'Resented' Having to Do Mrs Doubtfire Sequel

Workload left him psychologically vulnerable, claims friend.

Robin Williams at the Ride for the Roses weekend in Texas, 2001. His friend, Lance Armstrong is on the right. (Getty)

Robin Williams 'Terrified' That Parkinsons Would Have Stopped Him Cycling

Friend of late Robin Williams claims actor took his life because he feared falling back into addiction.

Tweet showing a smartphone displaying the Isis flag on Pennsylvania Avenue, near the White House (Twitter)

#target: Secret Service Investigate Islamic State White House Tweet

Tweet seems to show logo of Islamist group on screen of smartphone held up near White House.

Players compete at the Chess Olympiad. (Jaime Reina AFP/Getty)

Two Players Die During Norway Chess Olympiad

Kurt Meier dies mid-game, and another unnamed player is found dead in hotel room on final day of Chess Olympiad tournament.

Iraqi Christians who fled the violence in the village of Qaraqush, about 30 kilometres east of the northern province of Nineveh, take shelter at the Saint-Joseph church in the Kurdish city of Arbil, (Getty)

Iraq Crisis: Aramaic Dialect Spoken By Jesus Under Threat as Islamic State Drives Out Christians

The only surviving community of Aramaic speakers has been driven from its homeland.

Weapons seized from a Zetas cartel trafficker by mexican police in 2012. (Reuters)

Mexican Drug Cartels Wage War with Grenades in US Border Wars

US police say there has been a "trend increase" in the use of grenades by violent drugs gangs.

Woman beaten to death with iron bar at McDonald's in Zhaoyuan, China

McDonald's 'Cult Killers' Prepare to Stand Trial as China Cracks Down on 'Evil Religions'

State media names 14 cults, and lists their "social harms".

Geng He with a picture of her jailed husband dissident lawyer Gao Zhisheng in 2011, (Getty Tim Sloan)

Chinese Dissident Gao Zhisheng 'Utterly Destroyed' by Three Year Incarceration

Human rights groups says lawyer was held in tiny cell, alone, with no light, and is suffering malnutrition.

Sharks Maul Google 'Prey' Cables

Magnetic energy given off by fibre optic cables resembles that given off by prey.

Israeli youths display their country's flag in Haifa (Yoav Lemmer AFP/Getty)

Malaysian Teen Receives Death Threats After 'Liking' Israel on Facebook

Teen also being investigated by police for 'sedition.'

Italian humanitarian workers feared kidnapped in Aleppo

'We Pleaded With Them to Stay at Home' Says Father of Italian Aid Worker Kidnapped in Syria

Great Ramelli, 20, and Vanessa Marzullo, 21, crossed into Syria from Turkey and were kidnapped by Islamist militants.

JFK in Paris in 1963. A former Madame claims that he was among the clients of an elite brothel she ran. (Getty)

JFK, Gaddafi, and Brando were Clients at Elite Parisian Brothel, Claims Madame Claude

JFK wanted 'hot' version of wife Jackie, claimed Madame Claude.

Tweet from Isis, showing a bouncy castle they set up for children in al-Muyadeen, Syria. (Twitter)

Iraq Crisis: Isis Tweets Bouncy Castles in Charm Offensive for Hearts and Minds

Jihadist group Islamic State attempts to show softer side in battle for public's affection.

Frank Maloney, who has announced he is now living as a woman named Kellie. (Scott Heavey Getty)

Boxing Promoter Frank Maloney Reveals He is Living As a Woman Named Kellie

"I was born in the wrong body and I have always known I was a woman," says former Lennox Lewis promoter.

Brothel on the German-Czech border. (Getty)

Calls to Raise Minimum Age of Prostitutes to 21 in Germany

Higher age limit will help women forced to work in sex industry against their will, claim politicians.

Teenage girl takes the Fire Challenge in a video posted on YouTube. In this case, the fire was quickly extinguished. (YouTube)

Fire Challenge: New Deadly Online Dare Sweeping America

Health officials across US issue warnings, after teens are injured and killed taking part in online game.

Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza today (David Buimovitch AFP/Getty)

Hamas Agrees to New Three-Day Ceasefire

Israel is yet to respond to Egypt-brokered peace proposal.

David Miliband has conceded that Iraq was destabilised by the 2003 Us-led invasion (Getty)

Iraq War Created Isis, Concedes David Miliband

Former foreign secretary says that 2003 conflict destabilised Iraq and hardened public opinion against future Middle East interventions.

Nine year-old Boy Fights Off Alligator In Florida Lake

James Barney was swimming in Lake Toho, Florida, when the 500-pound reptile attacked.

Ugandan's gather in Entebbe for the first gay pride rally since anti-homosexual legislation was repealed. (Getty Isaac Kasamani)

Uganda's First Gay Pride Rally Held After Anti-Gay Law Repealed

Celebration occurs after draconian law making homosexuality punishable by life imprisonment was declared invalid.

Girl, 13, Shorlisted For Google Science Prize For Anti-Bullying Software

Rethink project encouraging teenagers to think before sending abusive messages makes 13-year-old girl finalist in Google's Global Science Fair.

Child in a graveyard in rural pakistan (Getty Paula Bronstein)

Baby's Corpse Stolen By Graverobbers For 'Black Magic'

Body of Eamon Afzal went missing from family graveyard in Pakistan two months after burial.

Bruce Davis is pictured in this undated handout photograph provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Reuters/California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/Handout

Manson Family Member Bruce Davis Denied Parole

It is the third time a governor has reversed a decision to grant parole to Davis

Jamarion Lawhorn said he did not know his 9-year-old victim before the attack. (Facebook)

Jamarion Lawhorn Wanted To Die and 'Take Someone With Him'

Twelve year-old boy told police he did not know his 9 year-old victim, and that he had planned the attack for a year.

A Palestinian man enters his partialy destroyed home in the devastated neighbourhood of Shejaiya in Gaza City (Getty)

Aid Agencies Pledge Gaza Reconstruction Relief Work Will Continue

With Hamas unable to cover reconstruction costs in Gaza, deal on international aid key to peace agreement.

The games opening ceremony in Glascow. (AFP/Getty Andy Buchanan)

Commonwealth Games Athletes 'Use Tinder For One Night Stands'

'There are a lot of athletes at the top of their physical potential with not much to do in the evening,' says source.

Domenico Palozzatto (L) and friend in picture posted on pseudonymous Facebook page. (facebook)

New Generation of Sicilian Mafia Leaders Flaunt Wealth on Facebook

Rising Mafia mobsters boast of lifestyle on social media, in contrast to closed clan system of older generations.

Experts believe the use of pesticides in India's Punjab is behind increasing cancer rates. (AFP/Getty Narinder Nanu)

Pesticides Blamed for Soaring Cancer Rates in India

In India's 'breadbasket' Malwa, 20 die from disease every day.