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

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Protests planned ahead of Egyptian president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi visiting Downing Street

Activists demand Cameron confronts Egyptian president over alleged human rights abuses.

The remains of a Russian airliner

Sinai plane crash: Elements 'not related' to Russian airliner found at crash site

Discovery comes as mystery behind fatal Sinai crash deepens.

Jordan Horner

East London Muslim patrol vigilante claims he has seen the error of his ways

Jordan Horner was jailed in 2013 after targeting drinkers, couples and "inappropriately" dressed women.

Sinai plane crash

Sinai plane crash: No 'direct evidence' Isis terrorists brought down flight says US intelligence chief

Director of national intelligence James Clapper refuses to rule out Isis involvement though.

Ibrahim Abdul Qader, 20

Turkey: Militant 'posing as defector' murdered activists says family as Isis claims responsibility for attack

Victims were allegedly befriended and killed by militant claiming to be defector.

Depression self-portrait

Four in 10 UK men have considered suicide, study finds

Male suicide accounts for 76 per cent of total, according to study by YouGov and charity Calm.

Pegida

Migrant crisis: German far-right Pegida group grows in strength on first anniversary

Far right group capitalises on growing opposition to migration.

Vladislava Zatyagalova

Russian porn star Sofi Goldfinger sues parents after they turf her out of family home

Vladislava Zatyagalova has also accused her parents of beating her.

US soldier Iraq

Syria: US to deploy special operations troops to advise rebel groups

US to deploy 20 or 30 troops on the ground in Syria.

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Far-right French lawyer guns down boss and kills himself

Joseph Scipilliti was in a disciplinary meeting when he shot the head of the bar in Melun.

Deso Dogg

Deso Dogg: German Isis fighter and rapper killed in Syria by US air strike

Denis Cuspert, aka Deso Dogg, killed in air strike on 16 October say the Pentagon.

Shaker Aamer

Guantanamo Bay: Briton Shaker Aamer released after 13 years in US military prison

Aamer is the last Briton to be held at the detention facility.

Crowds on Oxford Street, London

UK population to grow by 10 million by 2039 with immigrants making up half of increase

Britain is on course to be Europe's most populous country by 2047.

China one-child policy

China abandons one child policy and raises limit to two

Couples will be allowed to have two children, Xinhua state media reported.

Immigrants arrive in Denmark

Danish politicians want immigrants to be taught about sex

Education aimed at cutting disproportionate number of rapes committed by immigrants.

Doris Payne

Notorious jewellery thief Doris 'Diamond' Payne, 85, charged with stealing designer earrings

Payne's decades-long jewellery theft career was chronicled in a 2013 documentary.

Isis destroys Mosul artifacts

British Museum to train Iraqi experts to restore ancient sites destroyed by Isis

Experts will train Iraqis in recording and restoration techniques.

Canada whale watching boat tragedy

Canada: Freak wave sank Tofino whale-watching boat, claim investigators

Investigators say passengers were crowded on one side of the boat when it capsized.

Dynamo Kiev fans

Dynamo Kiev denies suggesting 'black fans section' as way to stop racist attacks

Club denies stadium director suggested segregating fans on basis of race.

Jk Rowling

Israel cultural boycott: JK Rowling explains opposition to 'divisive and discriminatory' campaign

Author's comments come as more than 300 academics pledged boycott of educational institutions.

Russian Tsar Alexander III

Body of Russian Tsar Alexander III to be exhumed as part of Romanov remains investigation

Samples will be used to authenticate remains of his grandchildren.

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Labour's John McDonnell joins Islamists calling for Egyptian President al-Sisi's UK visit to be cancelled

Groups with ties to Egypt's ousted Muslim Brotherhood regime are believed to be behind the petition.

Krasnoyarsk, Siberia

Siberia: Teenagers kill homeless man 'for fun' by throwing him from bridge

Attack is second fatal assault on homeless man in Siberia in a month.

The Yakuza are famed for their elaboratetattoos

Japan: Yakuza mobsters apologise after cancelling Halloween trick or treat event for children

Yamaguchi-gumi apologise for disappointing parents and children as fears of war between factions build.

Belgium attack

Masked gunman strikes military barracks in Belgium

The man attempted to drive through the perimeter fence of the barracks and detonate a suspected car bomb.

US Marines Korean War

Remains of US soldier Robert Witt repatriated by North Korea 65 years after he went missing

Cpl Robert V Witt is believed to have died from malnutrition after capture in 1950.

Papua New Guinea torture video

Papua New Guinea: 'Witches' stripped naked and tortured in horrific video [Graphic content]

Four young women accused of witchcraft being tortured in a village in Papua New Guinea

Trollhättan Sweden sword attacker

Schools across Sweden close after receiving threats in wake of Trollhättan attack

Police say they have put other security measures in place.

Gangster Ronnie and Reggie Kray in 1966

Gangster Ronnie Kray and Tory peer Lord Boothby were 'hunters' of young men

Government feared scandal could be bigger than Profumo affair.

Bangladeshi secular activists take part in a torch-lit protest against the killing of blogger Niloy Chakrabarti, who used the pen-name Niloy Neel, in Dhaka on August

Mohon Kumar Mondal: Bangladesh arrests environmental activist after he criticises Islam online

Activists have demanded the release of environmental NGO director Mohon Kumar Mondal.