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.

Tom Porter

Vladimir Putin

Russia: Vladimir Putin approval rating hits 90% following Syria bombing campaign

President's popularity at its highest rate ever according to state pollsters.

Uk police

Police shoot man dead in St Neots, Cambridgeshire

Police said they were concerned for safety of residents in a property.

A man in Sweden is charged with

Sweden: Vampire killer goes on trial in Stockholm after drinking gay lover's blood

Man killed gay lover, drank his blood and drew a pentagram on the wall with gore.

Zombie walk Moscow

Russia: Kremlin official claims zombie dolls are damaging 'spiritual health' of children

Yana Lantratova called for a body to be set up to assess the safety of toys.

Vincent Asaro

Goodfellas 'gangster' Vincent Asaro goes on trial for Lufthansa heist in New York

Asaro, 80, is accused of involvement in the robbery at the centre of the 1990 mob film.

Lord Warner has resigned from the Labourparty

Lord Warner quits Labour and warns party faces 'calamitous decline' under Corbyn

Former health minister said Labour doesn't have "hope in hell" of winning next election.

Stephen Port pictured on his Facebook page

Stephen Port: Gay alleged serial killer who 'poisoned four men with GHB' appears in court

Special needs teacher Stephen Port, 40, accused of murdering men whose bodies were found in a church yard.

Jacqueline Sutton

Who killed Jacky Sutton? Colleagues of ex-BBC journalist head to Istanbul for answers to inexplicable death

Suicide claims 'go against everything we understood about Jackie' says colleague.

KFC Channing ad

KFC ad parodying Mick Fanning shark attack angers surfer's mother

"It's disrespectful," says world champion's mother Elizabeth Osborne.

St Margaret's Church, Barking

Stephen Port charged with poisoning four men found dead in east London graveyard

BREAKING: Port, 40, charged with four counts of murder and four counts of administering poison.

A German policeman directs migrants who had walked across the nearby border from Austria on October 17, 2015 in Wegscheid, Germany.

Migrant crisis: German police chief calls for border fence to stem flow of refugees

German government faces increasing criticism for its handling of the immigration crisis.

Tearful Michelle Dorrell on Question Time

Number 10 defends tax credit cuts after tearful mother confronts Amber Rudd on Question Time

'I can hardly afford the rent I've got to pay,' said Michelle Dorrell.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

Migrant crisis: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban claims Islam 'was never part of Europe'

Hungary has been criticised for its hardline stance om immigration.

Putin

David Furnish claims Vladimir Putin is 'polite and lovely'

Furnish's husband Elton John and Russian President discussed LBGT rights on the phone.

Wayne Simmons appeared on Fox News as

Fox News terrorism expert arrested after allegedly lying about being CIA agent

Wayne Simmons allegedly lied about being intelligence agent for decades.

Alan Yentob

Alan Yentob: The BBC Creative Director at the centre of the Kids Co charity scandal

Could scandal scupper career of one of BBC's most influential figures?

An officer in Virginia Operation Cross Country

Operation Cross Country: FBI rescues 149 children, some as young as 12, from sex-traffickers

Over 150 pimps also busted in a nationwide effort.

Puppy rescued in Stockport op

Gangs earning up to £100m a year smuggling puppies

RSPCA says the animals are often diseased and kept in appalling conditions.

bear in mall

Terror as bear rampages through Russian shopping mall [Video]

Animal was shot dead by police on grounds of kindergarten.

Annie Teriba speaks at the Oxford Union

Oxford University student activist who campaigned against rape culture quits after 'non-consensual gay sex'

"I have caused serious irreparable harm", said Annie Teriba.

Refugees arrive in Munich

Migrant crisis: Germans increasingly feel the country cannot cope with influx of refugees

In a wide-ranging poll, 56% said they believed there are too many refugees in the country.

Isis fighters drive a US Humvee

Isis calls for Muslim youth to wage 'holy war' against Russia and US

Audio statement from IslamicState calls for jihad against "Crusaders' war".

Members of a gang were arrested forselling

China: Disabled women kept in pigsty and sold off as brides by gang

State media reports the women were sold for as little as £5,000 each.

Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell

Despite party disarray Labour continues to close gap with Conservatives says ICM/Guardian poll

Labour are now only four points behind the Tories at 34%.

Ahmed Coulibaly in a video released today, in which he says he carried out the attacks in the name of Islamic State.

Paris kosher supermarket attack: Amedy Coulibaly 'received emailed instructions'

Email allegedly instructed terrorist to 'act alone'.

Tariq Khan

Bradford: Murder of pregnant wife and child destruction sees Tariq Khan jailed for life

Tariq Khan stabbed his heavily pregnant wife Nadia Khan 16 times.

Taser use London police

Black people in three times more UK police Taser incidents than white people

Home Office figures also show increase in use of stun guns against those under 18.

A demonstrator raises his fist at afar-rightdemoin

Hate crimes on the rise in all recorded categories across England and Wales

Race, sexuality, religious, disability and transgender hate crimes all on the rise.

EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogheirni

Russian intervention in Syria a 'game changer' says EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini

Russian intervention potentially 'extremely dangerous' warns Mogherini.

Police Remembrance Sunday

Trio accused of beheading plot 'inspired by Isis fatwa'

Court hears men possessed pictures of beheadings and photographed PCSO officers.