Matthew Cassel
Contributor
Rishi Sunak Ignored Questions About a UK Citizen on Hunger Strike in Egypt
The UK Prime Minister refused to answer repeated questions from VICE World News about the plight of jailed UK-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah.
Italy on the Brink of Being Led by the Far-Right for the First Time Since WW2
100 years after Benito Mussolini’s rise to power, Italy is set to elect the leader of a far-right party that has direct ties to the country’s fascist past.
‘Putin Can Kiss My Ass’: Ukrainians Say They’re Not Afraid of Russia
Fighting since 2014 has killed 15,000 people in Ukraine. But people in the country told VICE World News they'll stand firm as Russia moves in.
‘I Still Have My Bags Packed’: Ukrainians on the Threat of Russian Invasion
On the eve of the date of a potential Russian invasion put forward by U.S. intel, people in Kyiv were acting as they have for much of the last eight years: calmly.
How Europe’s ‘Last Dictator’ Created a Migrant Crisis
After the Belarusian government crushed a pro-democracy movement last year, the EU responded with sanctions. Now the bloc is accusing the country’s authoritarian leadership of purposefully pushing thousands of migrants across its borders.
‘I Can’t Take It Anymore’: Lebanon’s Biggest Public Hospital Is Running Out of Medicine
Lebanon is experiencing what’s been described as one of the world’s worst-ever economic collapses. Fuel, electricity, and now medicine, are all in short supply.
The Hellish ‘Game’ That Migrants Are Risking Their Lives to Play
VICE World News meets people stuck in freezing conditions on the Bosnia and Herzegovina-Croatia border, where they say police are kicking them around ‘like a football.’
Ten Years On, Tunisia Still Seethes With Anger, But at What?
Youth-led protests have been sweeping the birthplace of the Arab Spring over a lack of opportunities. It seems familiar, because it is.
They Saw a Second Wave Coming. They Still Couldn’t Stop It.
Belgium is one of the wealthiest countries in Europe, with excellent standards of healthcare. But the coronavirus doesn’t care how rich you are.
These Doctors Are Hitting the Street to Protect Athens' Homeless from Coronavirus
Police are imposing 150-euro fines on people accused of breaking lockdown laws. The homeless have not been exempt.
Escape From Yarmouk: A Family’s Journey to Germany From Hell on Earth in Syria
VICE News followed a Palestinian family as they fled Islamic State militants in Syria’s besieged Yarmouk refugee camp, heading north through Hungary toward Western Europe.
'We Want Go!': Desperation and Anxiety Plague Refugees Moving Through Hungary
As refugees stream through the Balkans and into Hungary, most of them seeking asylum elsewhere in Europe, Hungarian officials say that facilities to hold them are full to bursting.