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.

S-300 anti-aircraft missile system at the Victory Parade, Red Square,

Russia and Iran agree deal on delivery of S-300 missiles

Iranian officials finalise deal for updated surface-to-air missiles.

Creator of Russian 'selfies with dead' competition defends pictures as 'art'

Moderator Alfred Polyakov defends site, after selfies with dead bodies competition shocks Russia.

KKK member built X-ray machine 'to kill Muslims and Barack Obama'

Crawford allegedly dubbed machine 'Hiroshima on a light switch'.

Iraq Crisis: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Steps Down

Isis: Former Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki blames fall of Mosul on Turkish 'conspiracy'

Claim comes day after Iraqi MPs called for former prime minister to be charged with negligence.

Pride: UK film to get Russia release despite anti-gay laws

Film depicts LGBT support for UK 1984 miners' strike.

South Africa: 15 feared dead as bus crashes through bridge and is hit by train north of Durban

Medics say five more people are injured after accident in KwaZulu-Natal.

Lambeth becomes first UK authority to ban 'hippy crack'

Nitrous oxide is associated with at least 17 deaths in the UK.

Isis: Former Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki could face charges over fall of Mosul

Al-Maliki's sectarian policies blamed for boosting support for Isis in Sunni regions of Iraq.

Trigana Air flight TGN267: Indonesia passenger plane was carrying $500,000 when it crashed

Officials said the plane was carrying money for impoverished communities.

Malaga: Four-year-old boy drowns in pool of Costa del Sol villa

BREAKING: Local media reports that boy fell into pool while parents hosted dinner party.

North Korea resumes loudspeaker propaganda warfare with South Korea

Move comes amid ratcheting tensions between neighbours.

The Stars and Stripes is raised inhavana

US reopens Cuba embassy in Havana after 54 years

Significant thawing of tensions between Cold War rivals as Stars and Stripes raised in Havana.

A plane lands at Stockholm's Arlanda Airport

Ethiopian stowaway survives flight in plane hold to seek asylum in Sweden

Man, thought to be in his 20s, believed to be seeking asylum in Sweden.

Hitler produced thousands of paintings as a young struggling artist before joining the Bavarian Army at the outbreak of World War I

Hungarian neo-Nazis denied entry to Vienna art school that rejected Hitler

Art school locks doors during visit by Hungarian chapter of Blood & Honour group.

Russian foreign minister Lavrov mutters 'f***ing morons' during Saudi conference

Was Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov directing insult at Saudis or cameraman, though?

George Osborne's austerity cuts trigger surge in evictions

Government figures show there were more than 10,300 rental repossessions between April and June 2015.

Dorset: 5-year-old girl dies after head became trapped in lift in Weymouth

Emergency services attended the scene in seaside town of Weymouth on Thursday (13 August) morning.

Sex crime accusations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange dropped

Under statute of limitations, Swedish prosecutors will no longer investigate three of four accusations.

Calais migrant crisis: British Jews 'appalled' by David Cameron's treatment of refugees

'Our experience as refugees is not so distant' says Jewish Council for Racial Equality.

Storms clouds gather above Weston Super Mare

UK flood warnings: A month's rain to fall in two days drenching Wales and south England

Yellow warnings in place across much of southern England and Wales.

PornHub to be sued by Parmigiano-Reggiano cheesemakers

Producers of Parmigiano-Reggiano say HD PornHub Premium using name of their cheese sullies the protected brand.

Dubai honour drowning story that went viral discovered to be two decades old

Widely reported story of man who refused to let lifeguards rescue drowning daughter in fact occurred in 1996.

Russian Msta-S self-propelled howitzers fire

Russia and Nato war games 'increase the risk of World War Three'

Report calls on powers to open dialogue to stop military practice being seen as act of provocation.

Japan: US Blackhawk helicopter crashes near Okinawa leaving several crew injured

UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed off coast of Japan leaving many crew injured.

Is Jeremy Corbyn Putin's latest 'useful idiot' in Europe?

Corbyn has called for closer ties with Russia and claims Nato instigated Ukraine conflict.

Spanish police transport Head of a Womanto

£17m Picasso seized from yacht of banker Jaime Botin to be taken to Madrid museum

Authorities claim Santander banking heir was trying to take 1906 painting from country illegally.

Malaysia Airlines flight MH17: Possible Buk missile fragments found in east Ukraine

'Several parts, possibly originating from a BUK surface-air-missile system' found, say Dutch investigators.

One World Trade Center base jumpers 'sullied the memories' of 9/11 victims

Judge hands down fines and community service orders to men who leaped from skyscraper with parachutes.

Berlusconi and Putin hang out in VillaCertosa

Silvio Berlusconi to sell £350m bunga bunga villa to Saudi royal family

Villa Certosa has an underground grotto and an artificial volcano among other tasteful decorations.

Cecil the Lion: Zimbabwe lifts big game hunting ban after only two weeks

Decision comes 10 days after ban imposed in wake of killing of much-loved big cat.