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.

The main bazaar in Sharpur City. (Bilal Qazi)

Pakistani Man 'Severs Wife's Legs With Axe' Following Row

Man reportedly began torturing his wife only days after their marriage

Violence flares in the Pavao Pavaozinho slum in Rio de Janeiro following the death of a local.

Escalating Violence in Rio Slums as World Cup Approaches

Despite army presence in notorious favelas, gun battles rage

Berlusconi at an appearance on Italian TV in Rome last week.

Berlusconi's Concentration Camp Remark is the Latest in a Series of Gaffes

IBTimes UK looks at the top five gaffes that have landed the scandal prone former Italian PM in hot water.

Francis I leads the Mass in the Vatican City this morning.

Popes John XXIII and John Paul II Declared Saints Before Millions

Pope Francis I leads Mass before huge crowd of pilgrims including 100 foreign dignitaries

Cameron Compared to 'Looming Sea Monster' in latest Selfie Disaster

PM's attempts to take social media by storm have not always proved a success

Silk Road Successor DarkMarket is Untouchable by Feds, Claim Creators

New online black market dispenses with need for moderator, making users untraceable, say creators

New Malden Children's Deaths: Bodies of Toddlers 'Lay Undisturbed for Days'

Mother appeared in court on Friday accused of three counts of murder

'Kidnap Westerners' Urges Al-Qaeda Chief al-Zawahiri

Terror group leader calls for Islamist groups to join forces in fight against Assad

The Coversnitch listening device can be hidden in a lamp.

Coversnitch 'Spy Lamp' Eavesdrops on Conversations and Posts Them to Twitter

The creators say they want to provoke people to think about privacy after Edward Snowden's NSA revelations

New Space Theory: Universe is 'Liquid', Claim Scientists

Researchers argue that imagining the universe as superfluid could help to explain gravity

£140 Million Worth of Heroin Seized off African Coast in 'Largest Ever' Drugs Haul

Drugs seized in joint Australian-UK mission to sever terrorist funding

British Man Killed in Malaysia Tourist Bus Crash

Double-decker bus reported to have been taking tourists back from idyllic island.

New Cannabis Laws Inspire American Artists to Create Amazing Glass Pipes

New Denver exhibition highlights work of new generation of cannabis-inspired artists.

Tennessee Woman on Easter Egg Hunt Finds Corpse

Body had lain under wooden decking of Knoxville house for two weeks, police said.

Birmingham Schools in Islamist Trojan Horse Plot 'To Be Placed Under Special Measures'

Move could see senior managers at six Birmingham schools stripped of positions.

A picture of 'Shrimp Boy' from his twitter feed.

FBI Threw 'Millions' At Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow in Chinatown Sting

Agents allegedly plied San Francisco gangster with $250 shots at high-end-restaurants, in what defence lawyers claim was entrapment.

Families of missing ferry victims clash with police on Jindo Island, South Korea.

Families of South Korea Ferry Victims Clash With Police

Crowd demands bodies are found and retrieved before they begin to decompose.

image released as part of the Think Again Turn Away campaign by the US State Department

US Takes Battle Against Al-Qaida to Twitter

New $5 million US government project aims to take on claims of jihadists.

Damage caused by a tsunami that struck the Solomon Islands in February 2013.

Tsunami Warning as 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Papua New Guinea

Earthquake is the second off coast of Pacific island in weeks.

Cannabis cupcakes are amongst the weed laced sweets now sold in Denver

Colorado May Clamp Down on Edible Cannabis After Deaths in Denver

Strength of cannabis comestibles can take users by surprise, with fatal consequences, warn experts.

Pro-Russia protesters take a break inside a regional government building in Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine.

Ukraine Leaflets Calling for Jewish Registration 'Were Faked'

Experts and community leaders question veracity of leaflets calling for registration of Jews.

Children search for belongings in a building after President Daniel Ortega declared it unsafe in Managua, following an earthquake on April 15.

Mexico Earthquake Strikes Along Seismic 'Ring of Fire'

Force 7.2 quake is latest in series to have flared across Pacific basin, from LA to Chile.

A Neanderthal child studies its reflection, in a model display in the Neanderthal Museum in Krapina, Croatia.

Neanderthal Children Played With Toy Axes, Say Experts

Archaeologists find evidence of schools and games for cave children in England, France and Belgium.

Fenelon Notre Dame in La Rochelle, France.

French School to DNA Test Staff and Pupils in Hunt for Rapist

All male staff and pupils at Fenelon Notre-Dame school in La Rochelle will be tested after girl, 16, was raped in toilet.

Malaysia Airlines fight MH370 and probe on pilots

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Was 'Thrown Around Like Fighter Jet'

Sources believe pilot may have been trying to avoid radar detection.

Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Pings Go Silent

Australian PM Tony Abbott warns that there is no end in sight in search for missing plane.

Five US Preachers Who Fell From Grace Like Florida's Bob Coy

Following the resignation of senior pastor Bob Coy for 'moral failings', IBTimes UK looks at some of the top US preacher scandals.

Norwegian Fisherman Finds Large Sex Toy Inside Cod

Bjorn Frilund speculates that hungry fish may have mistaken the sex toy for an octopus.

UN Urges Governments To Triple Use of Renewables or Face Climate Catastrophe

Greenhouse gas emissions need to be slashed by up to 70% to avoid 4C-5C rise in temperatures, panel warns.

Horror Hammer Attack in London Hotel Leaves Woman With 5% Brain Function

Alleged attacker Philip Spence remanded in custody after court appearance today.