VICE News: Syria: The Long War (Dispatch One)
The Syrian revolution just turned three years old, but for the past year things haven't looked good for the rebels. Attacked from behind by the renegade Al Qaeda splinter group the Islamic State of...
View ArticleVICE News: Ukraine: Defending the Homeland
Last week the Ukrainian government announced the formation of the National Guard, after it was revealed that the army only had 6,000 combat ready troops compared to Russia's 200,000. The volunteer...
View ArticleWhat's It Really Like to Have Sex with an Amsterdam Prostitute?
I recently happened upon a website called The Amsterdam Diaries. Initially, it just seemed to be a chronicle of one British guy's visits to the city's red light district – another coarse vaginalogue...
View ArticleTarafied: Hanging Out with Tara Reid at a Horror Convention
The author with Tara Reid. Photos by the author A great philosopher once asked, “How do a whale and a shark have sex?” Just kidding. Tara Donna Reid said that. Tara is known for saying a lot of...
View ArticleThere Is an Official Leprechaun Colony in Oregon
A leprechaun lives here. Image via Wikicommons In 1948, Oregon Journal columnist Dick Fagan reported a leprechaun sighting in his newspaper. According to Fagan’s article, which over the years has...
View ArticleHanging Out at a Moscow Peace Protest
"Bring Russian Armed Forces Home" If you thought all Russians were bloodthirsty lunatics hellbent on starting World War 3, you would be wrong. On Saturday, tens of thousands of liberal Muscovites...
View ArticleVICE News: Free Derry: The IRA Drug War
In February 2014, letter bombs were sent to nine British Military recruitment offices over the course of three days. Londonderry postmarks, a coded message sent to a Northern Irish newspaper and...
View ArticleWhy Was a Former Lebanese 'Spymaster' Trying to Become a UNESCO Delegate?
General Jamil Al Sayyed (Screenshot via) During the Syrian occupation of his country, General Jamil Al Sayyed rose to be regarded as the most influential intelligence official in Lebanon. In fact, the...
View ArticleUkraine Is Training Young Protesters to Fight the Russian Army
Check out the VICE News dispatch, "Ukraine: Defending the Homeland" How does a country that has, by its own admission, only 6,000 combat-ready troops face down the might of a Russian military that has...
View ArticleVICE on HBO: VICE on HBO - Episode 1
In the first episode of season one, Ryan Duffy travels to the Philippines to explore the rampant political violence during election season, and VICE co-founder Shane Smith heads to Afghanistan to...
View ArticleQueens of Gay Mardi Gras
Last week, I landed in New Orleans, to cover the gay side of Mardi Gras. After a quick change into a tuxedo, made my way to a place called the Sigur Center to attend the Armeinius Ball. Armeinius is a...
View ArticleNeneh Cherry feat. Robyn - "Out Of The Black" (Official Video)
Neneh Cherry feat. Robyn - "Out Of The Black" (Official Video)
View ArticleAsk Iceland's Strongest Man Anything You Want
Hafþór "Thor" Júlíus Björnsson with Nest of Giants host Clive Martin Ever wondered what it feels like to be stronger than literally everyone else in your country? Or to live and train among men who...
View ArticleBlue Movie
PHOTOS BY DAN WILTON ART DIRECTOR: TOBY EVANS STYLIST: KYLIE GRIFFITHS Hair and make-up: Francesca Morris at The Lounge Models: Nienke Van Der Peet, Charlotte Quita Jones and Mie Anderson at Models 1,...
View ArticleMeeting the Truck Stop Prostitutes of Uganda's HIV Capital
Agnes Nabukenya has been working as a prostitute since she was 17. She can make four times as much if she doesn’t use a condom. I clutched on as the wheels of the Toyota minivan carved a path through...
View ArticleVICE News: Permanently Temporary: The Truth About Temp Labour - Full Length
Temp labour is one of the fastest growing industries in the US. Increasingly, temp workers are part of a business strategy to keep costs down and profits high. From mega-retailers to mum-and-pop...
View ArticleWhat the Fuck Is a 'Transnistria' and Why Does Putin Want One?
Transnistria's former leader, Igor Smirmnov, in a fetching short-sleeve suit Putin's dream of a post-Soviet Russian super-state is coming true. After Crimea, some people are saying, will be...
View ArticleHere are Some More Photos of Disneyland's Awkward Gangs
Editor's note: Earlier this week, we ran a story about social clubs that hang out in Disneyland. We continue to find the phenomenon fascinating, and so when photographer Joshua Cobos sent us some...
View ArticleA British Council Wants to Ban People from Skateboarding and Climbing Trees
Where will this young man practice his hobby if Bristol city council's new bylaws are passed? I can’t think of many social ills that need addressing more than people playing football in an “annoying”...
View ArticleBassline: The Dance Scene That Was Killed by the Police
Guests at Niche nightclub, Sheffield, the home of bassline Remember bassline – northern Britain's greatest contribution to dance music since Manchester discovered pills and smiley faces? If not, it...
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