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  • The Battle for Iraq

    Last week, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the extremist militant Sunni group—along with other Sunni militias and former Baathist party members—seized control of large parts of Iraq, including Mosul, the nation's second largest city.

  • Russian Roulette: The Invasion of Ukraine

    On Sunday, recently elected President Petro Poroshenko vowed he would end two months of fighting with rebels in eastern Ukraine by the end of the week.

  • Here's What Happens When Hackers Send a SWAT Team to Your House

    In recent years, a small amount of hackers and gamers have been "swatting"—anonymously reporting fake hostage situations, shootings, and other violent crimes so elite police units will bust down the doors of unsuspecting people's homes.

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  • PTSD from Gang Violence in LA

    VICE News travels to the front line of this gang-related PTSD epidemic in Los Angeles to speak to the kids who are suffering, and the adults trying to save them.

  • Jihad in Kenya

    VICE News headed to Mombasa to speak with Abubaker Shariff Ahmed, the highest-profile radical sheik in Kenya, before he was assassinated in April, and to get an up-close view of those living and dying in the cross hairs of a holy war being fought on...

  • Russian Roulette: The Invasion of Ukraine

    The standoff between pro-Russia forces and Ukrainian troops continues on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold of Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine. But with heavier fighting escalating over the last few days, many residents are braving checkpoints and...

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  • The Rise of Sweden's Far-Left Militants

    One of the most violent extremist organizations in Sweden aligns itself not with Nazism and the far right but with anti-fascism and the far left.

  • The Battle for Aleppo

    VICE filmmaker Medyan Dairieh followed the volunteers of Aleppo's Civil Defense, a civilian rescue organization, who risk their lives daily as the first responders to government airstrikes in a city seemingly abandoned by the outside world.

  • Corruption, Cocaine, and Murder in Trinidad

    VICE News visited the slums of Port of Spain and spoke with police, activists, community leaders, and gangsters to understand the country's decade-plus spike in killings.

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  • Last Chance High

    On Chicago's West Side, there is a school for the city's most at-risk youth—the Moses Montefiore Academy. Most of the students at Montefiore have been kicked out of other schools for aggressive behavior, and many have been diagnosed with emotional...

  • Russian Roulette: The Invasion of Ukraine

    On May 9, President Vladimir Putin of Russia visited Crimea for the first time after its annexation. He arrived at the Crimean port city Sevastopol during the Victory Day celebrations commemorating the triumph over Nazi Germany in World War II, with a...

  • Russian Roulette: The Invasion of Ukraine

    VICE News visited a Ukrainian regional military college where pro-Russia rebels had set up a perimeter surrounding the entrance to the building, blocking the road of any traffic.