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.

US House of representatives backs proposal to counter global Russian subversion

Bill calls for new panel to confront Russian efforts to "exert covert influence over peoples and governments".

Labour councillor resigns after being 'bullied' for supporting persecuted Ahmadi Muslim sect

Sue White said that Labour group had refused to back a motion expressing support for the sect.

Just 10% of Isis fighters returning to Europe reject group's ideology, study says

German study finds that nearly half of returnees remain committed to extremist ideology.

Woman drowns after GPS error leads her into flash flood

GPS directions led her over riverbed that was struck by a flash flood.

Netherlands bans the burqa

The partial ban was passed by a landlside by the Dutch lower house of parliament.

Alleged South Carolina serial killer Todd Kohlhepp charged with three more murders

Kohlhepp is now believed to be responsible for seven murders in total.

Resort towns evacuated as wildfires tear through Tennessee Smoky Mountains park

Compulsory evacuation orders are in place in the resort town of Gatlinburg.

Cologne police to boost New Year's Eve security after mass sex attacks

Police consider deploying surveillance helicopters following last year's attacks where 1,000 women were assaulted.

Alleged Isis Brussels cell member denies group targeted UK as it is 'more difficult to attack'

Two UK men have been accused of giving Mohamed Abrini money when he visited Birmingham in 2015.

Australia seeks extradition of alleged Isis beheading plotter Neil Prakash after arrest in Turkey

Prakash also allegedly appeared in Isis propaganda videos urging westerners to wage jihad.

Russian president Vladimir Putin on television sets in a Moscow electronic goods store (Getty)

How US and EU failings allowed Kremlin propaganda and fake news to spread through the West

US official says that despite warning US scrapped anti-disinformation unit months before presidential election.

Moroccan state TV shows women how to conceal domestic violence bruises with make-up

Thousands sign petition denouncing the broadcaster's 'beauty tips to help you carry on with daily life'.

Berlin's Pergamon Museum on the capital's MuseumIsland

More than 1,000 skulls and remains of East Africans held in Berlin

Skulls of rebels decapitated by German soldiers were sent back to Berlin for research.

US Navy's most expensive destroyer breaks down in Panama Canal

The $4.4 bn USS Zunwalt was towed to port after engineering failure.

Theme park among targets listed by Isis terror suspects held in France

Seven men were arrested after security services identified a plot to commit coordinated terror attacks.

Woman who 'killed mother and kidnapped newborn infant' expected to face charges soon

Police have said that the woman knew her victim.

Woman falsely claiming to be Paris terror-attack victim receives one-year jail term

Unemployed woman went into a police station after the attacks with her arm in a sling.

Woman badly injured after being dragged by car through German town

Former partner is arrested after 28-year-old was tied to the vehicle with a cord around her neck.

French police foil Isis terror plot 'targeting several sites simultaneously'

Four suspects were arrested in Strasbourg, where famous Christmas market will open in days.

Russia willing to form anti-terror coalition with Trump

Diplomat says cooperation conditional on president-elect Donald Trump holding to campaign pledges.

Sarkozy bows out of public life after French presidential primary defeat

Former president to 'take on a life with more private and fewer public passions', after Republican party defeat.

Police hunt for newborn baby after father returns home to find mother shot dead

Newborn's father returned home to find mother dead and child missing.

Hindu 'god woman' hands herself into court after fatal wedding shooting

One person was killed and three injured when entourage of religious leader fired celebratory shots at wedding.

Lithuanian army soldiers take part in an exercise following the official opening of a military training centre for urban warfare in Pabrade, Lithuania, on August 30, 2016.

Lithuania 'very afraid' of Russian Baltic threat during Washington power vacuum

'Russia is not a superpower, it's a super problem,' said Lithuanian foreign minister.

Albanian special policemen patrol at the Elbasan Arena stadium before the 2018 World Cup group G qualifying football match between Albania and Israel, in Elbasan on November 12, 2016.

Isis cell 'plotted attack on Israeli national football team'

Attack was to be one of a series of coordinated strikes allegedly coordinated by militants in Syria.

Spain probes far right leader's claims he was tortured by British authorities in Gibraltar

Gibraltar chief minister dismisses claims as 'frivolous and vexatious'.

Russian company releases gold-plated Trump iPhone to celebrate presidential victory

The special edition $3,000 dollar smartphone is a symbol of hope for renewed Russia/US ties, said company.

Who is Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, the trusted advisor to be grilled over meetings with Russians?

The 35-year-old real estate developer emerged as one of Trump's closest confidantes during the election campaign.

Secretary of state contender Rudy Giuliani says US' military clout could easily curtail Russia

Remarks contrast sharply with President-elect Donald Trump's calls for closer cooperation with Russia.

Obama warns of rise of 'crude nationalism and tribalism' following Brexit and Trump victory

US president reaffirmed vision of future 'decided by what we have in common, rather than what leads us into conflict'.