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.

NSA Denies Exploiting Online Heartbleed Bug for Spying

Denials follow Bloomberg report that US intelligence agency used bug to harvest passwords.

People uses the Abortion Travel's campaign website at the Abortion Travel agency store in Madrid, Spain.

Campaigners Set Up 'Abortion Travel Agency' in Spain

Campaigners aim to highlight stark choice faced by women if Spain passes tough new anti-abortion laws.

Chancellor George Osborne in Washington DC today for the IMF spring meeting.

UK Chancellor Osborne To Clamp Down on Offshore Tax Dodgers

UK estimated to lose £5 billion in annual taxes as super-wealthy squirrel away their fortunes overseas.

Mexican Drug Cartel At War, As Tortured Body of Former Boss's Security Chief is Dumped

Battle for succession is hotting up within massive Sinaloa drug cartel, following arrest of cartel kingpin 'El Chapo' Guzman.

New Hi-Tech Mirror Posts Selfies Online Instantly

No need to pause for reflection as new hi-tech SELFIE mirror takes pictures and then uploads them to internet.

Caption:Staff of the 'Doctors without Borders' ('Medecin sans frontieres') medical aid organisation carry the body of a person killed by Ebola, at a center for victims of the Ebola virus in Guekedou, Guinea.

Guinea Woman 'Reborn' After Recovering From Deadly Ebola Virus

Outbreak has killed two-thirds of those infected, but charity reports handful of recoveries.

Aftersex Selfies on Instagram: Expressions of Intimacy or Narcissism?

IBTimes UK looks at some of the images of the aftermath of sex that have caused such a stir this week.

Bush's villa, which is near Marbella and Estapona.

Police Hunt Former Girlfriend Of British Millionaire Gunned Down in Spanish Villa

Andrew Bush, 48, found dead on Saturday morning in Costa del Sol. His killer is believed to have fled scene in Bush's Humvee.

A British jihadist shows off his Glock pistol in a video posted on YouTube.

Experts Warn of 'Inevitable' UK Terror Attack By Returning Syria Jihadis

Around 250 militants are believed to have returned to the UK radicalised by their experience in Syria.

Jail for South Carolina Mother Who Killed Daughter With Drugged Breast Milk

Stephanie Greene failed to tell doctors who prescribed morphine that she was pregnant.

UK Prison Chief Urges Investigation After Spike in Jail Suicides

Number of prisoners who kill themselves in UK jails is 'warning sign', says Nick Hardwick, chief inspector of prisons.

Overheating Cows Force Plane to Land

Livestock heat trips fire alarm on flight over Irish Sea.

Women Soldiers Could Fight on Front Line, Says UK Army Chief

UK one of only three Nato countries that still forbid women to fight at the front.

A prostitute from Eastern Europe waits for customers along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice. (Reuters)

French 'Sugar Daddies' Website Denies Being Prostitution Racket

Website puts wealthy older men in touch with young women, but campaigners say it's prostitution in disguise.

'Narco Tunnel' from Tijuana to California unearthed in 2011.

California Woman, 73, Accused of Operating Mexican Drug Tunnel

Tunnel containing own railway system allegedly used to smuggle tons of drugs under the border.

'Former Arsenal Player' Joins 'Holy War' in Syria

Masked man claims in video to have left Premier League lifestyle to take up arms as a mujahideen.

Magic Mushrooms and LSD Help Cancer Patients Overcome Fear of Death, Say Scientists

New American studies on clinical use of psychedelics follow 40-year medical ban.

Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad (C) tours the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in 2008.

Chinese Man Arrested in London Accused of Illegal Nuclear Exporting to Iran

Chinese Sihai Cheng allegedly supplied Iranian government with uranium-enriching transducers.

Randacore, face covered, leaves Westminster Magistrates Court with his wife in March.

Mafia Boss Domenico Rancadore Re-Arrested in London

Son of Sicilian godfather walked free from court in March thanks to UK clerical error.

Officers from the elite BOPE paramilitary unit patrol the Mare slum.

Brazilian Army Seizes Notorious Favela

Weapons and drugs confiscated as security services establish control of Rio slum.

Former China Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang attends the opening ceremony of the 17th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 2007.

China Seizes $14 Billion From Former Spy Chief and Associates

Purge of Chinese communist party corruption continues, with properties, artworks and gold seized.

Steeve Briois (R), the new Mayor of Henin-Beaumont, wears his mayoral tricolour sash as he poses with Marine Le Pen, France's far-right National Front political party leader,

French National Front Expects Big Gains in Elections

Far-right party leader Marine Le Pen says it is 'year zero' for rise of nationalism.

President Vladimir Putin appears on Russian state news agency RIA Novosti in December, 2013.

Kremlin's Media 'Guidelines' on Crimea Leaked Online

Broadcasters instructed to celebrate Russia's annexation of Crimea, and decry 'fascist' Kiev.

A rebel fighter stands atop a former base used by fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Shah after rebel fighters recaptured it in al-Dana town in Idlib province

Jihadists Seize 'Brides' From Syrian Schools

Syrian girls forced to marry foreign-born Islamist fighters, claim activists.

UK Government Loses Laptops, Phones and iPads Worth £700,000

Hi-tech equipment worth £700,000 goes missing between 2010 and 2013, some of it containing sensitive data.

Woman Appeals to Twitter to Locate Dream Man

Emily Domesek took to social media after forgetting to give man her contact details.

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

Triad Gangster 'Shrimp Boy' Chow Accused of Bribing US Senator

FBI alleges that gangster Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow bribed US senator to smooth an arms deal.

African Company Beats Apple to Release First Black Emojis

Move comes as Apple criticised for lack of ethnic diversity in current 800-strong set.

Britain's Most Tattooed Man Mathew Whelan Makes Space for More

Birmingham man spends £6,000 on tattoo removal to give him a blank canvas for new designs.

A couple exchange vows in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.

Indian Men Kidnapped and Forced to Marry at Gunpoint

Surge in so-called groom kidnappings blamed on crippling cost of marriage dowries.