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.

Germany legalises marijuana for medical use

Drug will be available for patients with special permission from doctor.

'Sharia police' that hectored German nightclubbers and gamblers to face trial

The group took to the streets of Wuppertal and scolded revellers for drinking and gambling.

German comedian accuses Merkel of 'serving him for tea' to 'despotic' Turkish president Erdogan

Jan Boehmermann is under investigation after reading out a satirical poem about the Turkish leader on TV.

Gennady Petrov appears at a Majorca court

Spain issues arrest warrants for senior Russian government officials accused of mafia links

Russian officials linked to murder, drug trafficking, arms trafficking, extortion, bribery and money laundering

Boy whose plastic-bag Lionel Messi shirt pics went viral is forced to flee Afghanistan

Relatives of Murtaza Ahmadi, 5, said they were threatened by local gangsters.

Norway to appeal against Anders Breivik's 'inhuman treatment' ruling

Judge found in April that imprisonment conditions violated mass murderer's human rights.

Patients of 'butcher dentist' Van Nierop attendhistrialin

Butcher dentist 'took pleasure at causing pain', leaving patients with broken jaws and septicaemia

Jacobus van Nierop has been jailed in France.

Germany: politician from anti-immigrant AfD party appointed Berlin state prosecutor

Roman Reusch previously claimed 'nearly 80%' of repeat offenders have immigrant background.

Turkey demands EU cuts funding for Armenian genocide event and censures Swedish TV station

Sweden's Turkish embassy complained to network TV4 about forthcoming documentary on mass murder.

Glasgow Central Mosque accused of hiding links to anti-Ahmadi 'hate speech' group

Group held annual conferences of hardline Khatme Nubuwwat movement.

Thousands attended the ceremony in Jerusalem

Jerusalem: Thousands raise hands in 'Vulcan salute' at Western Wall ceremony

Security heightened at ceremony amid upsurge in violence.

North Korea: Kim Jong Un reveals love of flamenco dancing

Spanish troupe became first to perform traditional dance in secretive state.

Brussels suicide bomber Najim Laachraoui identified as Isis jailer

Laachraoui was one of the attackers responsible for killing 32 people in airport and metro bombings.

Ohio shooting: Multiple family members including children found dead across several locations

Local media reports that eight people have been killed.

Putin alongside the new head of the National Guard, Viktor Zolotov

Vladimir Putin's National Guard 'must be allowed to fire into crowds' say lawmakers

Formation of new force whose duties include maintaining public order was announced by Putin in April.

Hitler's birthday sees far-right protesters and anti-fascists clash in Germany at torchlit rally

Protesters numbering 200 from branch of Pegida movement outnumbered by counter-demonstrators.

EU referendum: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen to campaign for Brexit during UK visit

'British departure will prove that it is possible to live outside the European Union,' said Le Pen.

Refugee crisis: 500 refugees may have drowned in Mediterranean after ship capsized, says UN

Survivors told UN team they drifted on sea for days before being rescued.

Muslim chaplains distributing Islamic extremist material to inmates inside Britain's prisons

Extremist literature found in 10 UK prisons in November.

Lutz Bachmann appears at court in Dresden

Anti-Islam Pegida founder Lutz Bachmann stands trial in Germany over hate speech

Bachmann faces five years in prison after calling refugees 'scum' and 'cattle'.

Jerusalem bus explosion: At least 10 injured in blast police claim

Police said fire on empty bus may have ignited passing vehicle.

Trinidad and Tobago: MP warns Isis militants 'plotting attack on home soil'

Militants from Caribbean islands featured in Isis propaganda video.

Germany: Muslim leader compares anti-Islam policies of far-right AfD to Nazi persecution of Jews

Anti-Islam party has called for burqas and minarets to be banned.

Ahmadiyya leader urges Muslim Council to reject hardliners following 'kill Ahmadi' leaflets

"In Islam no one has the right to decide who is a Muslim and who is not a Muslim," says Rafiq Ahmad Hayat.

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Stolen Dutch art recovered in Ukraine

The stash of stolen art was offered for sale by a Ukrainian ultra-nationalist militia in December.

Sex worker in the Artemis brothel, Berlin

German police raid mega-brothel allegedly linked to Hells Angels human trafficking ring

Police arrest six on tax evasion charges and seize property after claims of mistreatment.

Merkel approves prosecution of German comedian for insulting Turkey's President Erdogan

Poem read out on German television made crude sexual references about Turkish president.

Colleagues of comedian sued by Turkey's president Erdogan demand republication of 'obscene' satirical poem

Jan Boehmermann is currently under investigation after reading out 'obscene' poem on air.

French PM Valls warns of possible chemical or biological attack

Muslim headscarves 'should be banned from universities' says French Prime Minister Manuel Valls

Valls in favour of Muslim headscarf ban but says French constitution would make move difficult.

Khatme Nubuwwat claims there is 'nothing illegal' in 'kill Ahmadis' leaflets

Spokesman stresses leaflets urge followers not to take justice into their own hands.