war and conflict
The inherent paradox of the Nobel Peace Prize
This is not the first time the Nobel committee has awarded its prize for peace before such ambitions have been fully realized.
Colombia's president wins Nobel Prize despite failed peace deal
President Juan Manuel Santos has spent the last four years on a deal with FARC guerrillas that would bring peace to a country that has experienced civil war for five decades.
ISIS just identified a dead leader by name — and that's unusual
The latest issue of a publication hawked by the militants includes a fresh account of the July attack in Dhaka, under Chowdhury's byline identifying him as former head of military and covert operations in Bangladesh.
Thousands of Colombians wave white flags for peace
The war with the FARC, together with some other similar conflicts in Colombia, has killed an estimated 220,000 people and forced nearly 7 million from their homes.
The world waits for Obama to take action in Syria — but it may be too late
The proposed plans would require a certain degree of cooperation with the Russians — or accepting the prospect of direct conflict.
We take you to the frontlines of Ukraine's proxy war between the West and Russia
VICE travels to east Ukraine to take a closer look at what international assistance really looks like, as the presence of NATO troops is driving tensions to Cold War-era levels.
Colombia's ex-president spent years trying to thwart FARC peace deal
After years of hard work to prevent a peace deal between the rebels and his successor's government, former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has propelled himself back into the global conversation
Colombian voters just rejected the country’s historic peace deal
In a shocking turn, an accord that would have ended the 52-year war between the Colombian government and FARC rebels was narrowly rejected during a referendum.
Bombs fall on Aleppo’s largest hospital as Russia sends more warplanes to Syria
Russia's Izvestia reported that Moscow will send more Su-24 and Su-34 warplanes to join the campaign, which began a year ago.
Assad is assembling 10,000 troops for final assault on Aleppo
More than 270,000 civilians are trapped in the eastern part of the city according to the World Health Organization, cut off from aid and with "dwindling supplies of food, water and fuel."
UN slams Russia, Syria for killing children in Aleppo
"The children of Aleppo are trapped in a living nightmare," said UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Justin Forsyth.
World leaders react to death of Israeli founding father Shimon Peres
He started Israel's nuclear program in the 1950s, and helped draft the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians in the early 1990s, for which he earned a shared Nobel Peace Prize.