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Is the Drug Trade Really Bank-Rolling Terrorism?
We often hear about "Jihadists flooding the west with heroin", or "ISIS making billions through drug trafficking" – but we rarely see much actual evidence.
What Food Would You Stockpile to Survive a Terrorist Atrocity?
A German government report recommends keeping ten days' worth of food, just in case something terrible happens. But what would you take?
Everything We Know About Aaron Driver, the ISIS Supporter Killed by Canadian Police
The 24-year-old was killed while plotting a suicide bomb attack, according to police.
What It's Like to Be on a Plane When It's Hijacked
While Tuesday's EgyptAir hijacking turned out to be somewhat of a joke, a survivor of the 1986 Pan Am Flight 73 hijacking shares what it's like to live through the terrifying experience.
A Group of Writers in Brussels Were Discussing How to Deal with Terror While the City Was Under Attack
I got in touch with writer Andrey Kurkov to find out how those guys viewed the Brussels attacks and how the rest of their time together was spent.
'I Have to Admit I Am a Little Scared': Europeans React to the Brussels Attacks
We got in touch with VICE's European offices to find out whether young people in their countries have grown desensitised to terrorism or whether today's events are yet another reason to be frightened.
Doctors May Have Found a One-Step Cure for Phobias
During tests, the treatment made sufferers of arachnophobia way less scared of spiders than those given a placebo.
Things You Only Know if You Suffer from Sleep Paralysis
Numb limbs, silent screams and demons that sit on your chest and refuse to get up.
Why Do Black Churches Keep Burning Down in America's South?
A series of fires at predominantly black churches since the horrific shooting in Charleston, South Carolina – including two blazes in the same state – have raised the spectre of copycat racial violence.
My Terrorist, My Freedom Fighter: White Terrorism in American Cinema
To be a white terrorist in American cinema is to enjoy a very basic right: to be complicated, to be messy, to be human.
This Security Expert Reckons Mass Surveillance Doesn't Stop Terror Attacks
"Early intervention aimed at identifying and helping troubled individuals before they become murderers is the only real solution here."
This Journalist Spoke to Chechens Living in the Shadow of War
We spoke to French-English journalist Manon Loizeau, who recently went back to Chechnya years after the end of its devastating war to make a new documentary.