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.

Charlie Hebdo anniversary: Failed Paris attacker with Isis links 'lived in German refugee shelter'

Attacker reportedly drew Isis logo on wall of apartment in Recklinghausen.

El Chapo: Sean Penn could face investigation for interviewing Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman

Penn interviewed El Chapo in jungle hideout following July prison break.

Hitler's Mein Kampf goes on sale in Germany

Edition is first to be published in Germany since World War Two.

Cologne sex attacks: German police identify 18 asylum seekers among 31 New Year's Eve suspects

Algerians, Moroccans Iranians and Syrians among suspects.

Raif Badawi: Protesters hand over petition in London calling for release of dissident Saudi Arabian blogger

Badawi was sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam.

Belgium: Police find Paris attackers' bomb factory and hideout

Explosives traces and fingerprints of fugitive suspect found in Brussels apartment.

Tourists cancel Cologne trips ahead of carnival amid sexual assault fears

Police have been called on to urgently rethink tactics to protect festival revellers.

Who is British dissident bookseller Lee Bo, feared kidnapped by Chinese authorities?

Lee has not been seen since 30 December 2015.

Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of missile strike on its embassy in Yemen

Alleged strike comes amid escalating tensions between regional opponents.

Egypt: Masked gunmen open fire on tourists at hotel near pyramids

No casualties were reported following the shooting at the Three Pyramids Hotel.

Residents of besieged Syrian towns forced to eat grass, dogs and cats to fend off starvation

Residents in Madaya shot dead by snipers while scavenging for food, claim activists.

Anti-Muslim Pegida group to hold Cologne rally in wake of mass sexual assaults

Anti-immigration group seeks to capitalise on anti-immigrant feeling following New Year's Eve attacks.

Bangladesh gives death penalty to Islamist leader for war crimes

Bangladesh upholds death sentence for Islamist chief on genocide, murder, rape and torture charges

Head of Jamaat-e-Islami found guilty of crimes committed during 1971 war of independence.

Ukraine calls for Coca Cola boycott after advert recognises Russian annexation of Crimea

Uproar after company bowed to Russian pressure to include annexed territory in map.

Charlie Hebdo anniversary: Name of slain cartoonist misspelt on commemorative plaque

Name of cartoonist Georges Wolinski accidentally spelt Wolinsky.

Cologne mayor vows city will not become 'lawless zone' after mass sexual assaults on New Year's Eve

Group of around 1,000 drunk and aggressive men committed series of sexual assaults.

Who is Swiss-Russian multi-billionaire Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, pregnant with twins at 53?

Louis-Dreyfus consolidated her late husband's commodities conglomerate after his death in 2009.

Iran-Saudi Arabia row: Kuwait recalls ambassador as dispute over execution of Shia cleric intensifies

Decision is protest against attack on Saudi embassy in Tehran, said Kuwaiti foreign ministry.

Al-Qaeda militants stone woman to death in Yemen

Witnesses claim victim was placed in a hole and stoned to death in front of a crowd.

Czech president Milos Zeman claims Muslim Brotherhood plot to control Europe is behind refugee crisis

"I believe this invasion is being organised by the Muslim Brotherhood, using financial means from a number of states," Zeman said.

Bahrain and Sudan follow Saudi Arabia in cutting diplomatic ties with Iran

Saudi's Sunni allies join in expelling Iranian diplomatic staff.

Sweden introduces border checks amid migrant crisis

All entering the country from Denmark subjected to identity checks for first time in half a century.

Amazon to donate profits from far-right Pegida song to refugee group

Single by anti-immigrant group has usurped Adele at the top of the German downloads charts.

Dubai Address Hotel inferno: New Year's Eve revellers flee as 5 star luxury hotel burns

Flames engulf The Address Downtown Hotel next to the world's biggest building.

Lin Homer has been accused of aseriesoffailingswhile

Accusations of incompetence dog HMRC chief Lin Homer, controversially awarded damehood in New Year's Honours

Homer's reward follows a series of high-profile failings at the tax authority.

Bangladesh: Secularist blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider's killers sentenced to death

Thaba Baba was one of secularist bloggers killed by groups targeting writers critical of Islam.

Belgium: More New Year's Eve terror arrests after Muslim Kamikaze bikers detained

Six arrested in Brussels come as authorities cancel annual New Year fireworks display amid severe terror alert

New Year's Honours 2016: Ebola hero Dr Michael Jacobs and East End philanthropist Jack Petchey to be knighted

Figures from politics, science, industry and philanthropy honoured in New Year's List.

Who are the Muslim Kamikaze Riders? Isis-linked Belgian bike gang suspected of New Year terror plot

Feared Belgian biker gang has previously been linked to jihadist groups with ties to Syria insurgents.

Belgium: Kamikaze Muslim biker gang members plotted New Year Brussels terror attack

Pair will appear before a magistrate on New Year's Eve accused of plotting attacks in capital.