Ben Bryant
The US Still Hasn't Released Shaker Aamer from Guantanamo, and It's 'Insulting' the UK
British MP Andrew Mitchell was unusually frank with VICE News, saying that the 13-year incarceration of a Guantanamo prisoner is damaging to US-UK relations.
'They're Trying to Kill Me': US Citizen Imprisoned in Yemen Makes Desperate Call Home
Lawyers fear for the life of Sharif Mobley, a US citizen detained in Yemen since 2010, following a call to his sister on Thursday, where his final words are 'They're beating me with a stick.'
What an Ex-Soldier's Fortified Bulgarian Compound Says About the UK Independence Movement
VICE News traveled to Bulgaria to meet John Rees-Evans, a defense-obsessed survivalist who stood as a UKIP candidate in last week's election, when the anti-immigration party took 12 percent of the vote.
Devolution in the UK: Will Thursday's Election Lead to the Break Up of Britain?
As polling day looms on May 7, the United Kingdom is less united now than it was at the last election — and Scotland could hold the balance of power.
Fresh Suspicions Are Raised That UK 'Lobbied' to Keep Its Name Out of CIA Torture Report
The UK Foreign Office has admitted that government ministers met with senate officials, including US presidential hopeful Marco Rubio, several more times than previously disclosed.
UK Mass Surveillance Is Facing a Ruling From Europe's Human Rights Court
An appeal by a group of human rights organizations will seek to overrule a December judgement by the UK court that mass surveillance is lawful.
Diego Garcia: UK Delays Publication of Flight Records Which May Hold Truth About CIA Activities
A senior Bush administration official told VICE News in January that the agency did hold prisoners at a US base on the British Indian Ocean territory. But the UK continues to stall on releasing the logs.
Kidnap Obama, 'Extradite the Bastard': A British Politician Urged Israel to Lock Up the US President
UKIP's Jeremy Zeid resigned after suggesting that the Israelis "do an Eichmann" on Obama — a reference to Holocaust organizer Adolf Eichmann, who was kidnapped by Israeli intelligence in 1960.
The UN Might Spend Millions on Iran's Drug Program Even Though Offenders Are Being Executed
At least 141 people were hanged for drug offenses in Iran in the first two months of 2015 alone, human rights campaigners say. Now it might sign a multi-million dollar deal with the UN.
UK Needs Complete Revamp of Surveillance Laws, Official Report Finds
A landmark report by the UK parliament's intelligence committee backed the bulk interception of data and client-lawyer communications, but said an overhaul of laws governing such surveillance is needed.
'The Greatest Opportunity We Have in Mental Health': Inside the British Study Where Volunteers Mainline LSD
Maverick UK scientists are crowd-funding for research into psychedelic drugs which could treat depression. VICE News spoke to one of the participants.
UK Police Admit Their Money Laundering Investigations Only Hit the 'Tip of the Iceberg'
Figures released by London's Metropolitan Police to an anti-corruption NGO reveal that British authorities have investigated the ownership of just 144 properties since 2007.