Tom Porter

Reporter

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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.

Tom Porter

Aldi's Paris fireworks

Marketing fail: Aldi flogs Paris Bright Bomb fireworks just weeks after Bataclan terror attacks

Unfortunate name for fireworks range criticised by prominent German media outlets for insensitivity.

Tourists were attacked in Naryn-Kala citadel

Gunmen kill one tourist and wound 11 others in attack on Naryn-Kala fortress in southern Russia

Gunmen reportedly opened fire as tourists took pictures of views from Derbent fortress.

IVF

London sperm bank bars dyslexic donors

Critics describe the practice as form of eugenics.

Brussels

Isis: Soldiers and police 'held orgy' while colleagues hunted Brussels for Daesh suspects

Eight soldiers and two female police officers allegedly engaged in lewd contact in police station.

One victim was branded with the sum

Spain: Prostitutes tattooed with barcodes by sadistic Romanian pimp godfather

High Court in Madrid remarked on the gang leader's "particular cruelty".

Mohammed Rehman and Sana Ahmed Khan were found guilty of preparing terrorist acts

Westfield shopping centre terror plot: Husband and wife asked Twitter where they should detonate bomb

Mohammed Rehman and Sana Ahmed Khan planned atrocity for anniversary of 7/7.

Paris Attacks

Isis: Two Daesh leaders behind Paris attacks killed in air strikes

External operations leaders among 10 killed in the past month, claims Pentagon.

Dmitry Rogozin at the firing range

Russia: Gun-crazy deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin 'shoots himself in the leg' after weapon prowess boasts

Rogozin's office has denied the reports though, saying he sustained the injury playing handball.

Thai king Bhumipol and his beloved dog

Thailand: King Bhumibol's dog Tongdaeng, pet at centre of 'sarcastic remarks' lawsuit, dies

Man was charged days ago for insulting monarch's beloved pooch online.

christmas migrants Germany

Germany to spend £12.5bn on refugees in 2016

Spending on refugees to surge after more than one million entered the country in 2015.

Putin perfume goes on sale in Russia

Vladimir Putin perfume goes on sale in Moscow

Perfume inspired by Russian president has "soft yet firm" character, according to its creator.

Rolling Stones Top 10: Jimmy Page

Blaze guts Loch Ness mansion once owned by Jimmy Page and Aleister Crowley

More than 60% of the mansion was destroyed by the fire.

belgium terror raid

Isis: Ninth suspect connected to Daesh Paris attacks arrested in Belgium

Man was allegedly in contact with the cousin of the attack planner who was killed in police raid.

British troops on patrol in Basra, Iraq,in2003

UK pays out £27m in compensation to Iraqi and Afghan civilians

Money is for civilian deaths, injuries, and damage to property during military operations.

Chinese commandos Sanlitun

US, France and UK warn of Christmas threat against westerners in Beijing

Chinese authorities put on second highest state of alert following threat.

Protesters stage a demonstration outside the UN

Saudi Arabia commutes death-by-stoning sentence for Sri Lankan maid

Sentence for maid found guilty of adultery sparks protests in Sri Lanka.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky addresses an audience in London

Russia seeks international arrest warrant for Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Oil tycoon denies charges of murdering Siberian mayor in 1998.

Dorchester Christmas

Brunei and Somalia ban Christmas as revellers face jail

Brunei authorities warn those wearing "hats or clothes that resemble Santa Claus" face jail.

Australian police arrested a French extremist

Suspected French extremist carrying cans of mace is deported from Australia

Man tried to enter Australia two days after Paris attacks.

Police in Orleans

France: Two held over foiled terror plot targetting police and army in Orleans

Suspects aged 20 and 24 allegedly in contact with French extremist in Syria.

In a town near Naples pizza oenshavebeenbanned

Italy: Naples town bans pizza ovens amid smog crisis

San Vitaliano locals up in arms over ban on wood-fired stoves.

Donald Trump

Trump-style anti-refugee rhetoric the best Isis recruitment tool says UN immigration chief

Antonio Guterres said that refugees should not be blamed for terror they are fleeing.

Iraqi anti-terror unit

War on Isis: Iraq anti-terror forces seize centre of Ramadi from Daesh

Iraqi forces supported by air force advancing towards city's government complex.

William Celli

Donald Trump supporter William Celli 'plotted to blow up Muslims', claim police

Residents evacuated in Richmond, San Francisco following bomb threat to Muslims.

Chinese military patrol China's Xinjiang province

China appoints first anti-terror chief paving way for controversial cybersecurity bill

China counter-terror job follows outbreak of ethnic violence in Xinjiang province.

David Cameron

Telegraph fined £30,000 for email urging readers to vote Conservative

Information Commissioner's Office says 'back Tories' at the polls letter broke election rules.

Syrian passport

Isis stole thousands of blank passports to smuggle Daesh terrorists into EU says German intelligence

Intelligence officials say the Islamic State jihadist group is also selling the passports.

A Russian military official points to the flight recorder from the Russian Sukhoi Su-24 bomber which was shot down by a Turkish jet on November 24

Black box recorder from Russian SU-24 shot down by Turkey 'damaged'

Some data from recorder is missing, says Russian official.

Member of a German police anti-terror unit

German police close down Stuttgart 'Isis mosque' and raid Berlin flats in anti-terror operations

Police also arrest suspected Isis extremist in North Rhine Westphalia refugee centre.

Peshmerga forces engage Isis near Mosul

Iraq: Canadian special forces help repel major Isis offensive

Isis launched major attack on several front in northwestern Iraq.