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Behind ISIS's onslaught is a sprawling, robust financial juggernaut that operates safely outside of legitimate banking channels
Inside the Notorious Yarl's Wood Detention Centre
As thousands of asylum seekers fight to enter the UK, Newsweek reports from Europe's largest detention centre on what life's like for those who made it, and the unaccountable companies turning a profit from the chaos
The Battle of Ilovaisk: Details of a Massacre Inside Rebel-Held Eastern Ukraine
Reporting from both sides of the makeshift border in eastern Ukraine, Newsweek describes the bloodshed that has occurred inside rebel-held Ukraine
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Preparing for the Future
Nervous models wait on a red carpet before sashaying along a catwalk in central Israel. But their blank expressions and the barbed wired behind them tell a different story. These women are inmates in Neve Tirza prison, the country’s only women’s jail. They have designed and made the clothes themselves, as part of a rehabilitative project to help them develop skills that might be of use upon their release.
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Periscope
Almost as many presidential nominees were stalled by the Senate during the past five years as from 1789 to 2008.
Plans to Rebuild Gaza Keep Getting Undermined
Everyone wants Gaza to be rebuilt before winter sets in. But bombings and bickering keep getting in the way.
Disc Connect
At a time when album sales are falling, the growth of vinyl is a bright spot in the music industry.
Ebola Panic Looks Familiar to AIDS Activists
Worry is growing that politicians are pushing bad science in the name of calming hysteria.
Many Top Israelis Agree That Netanyahu's 'Gutless'
A half-dozen variations of "no guts" were used by top former and current military officials to describe Bibi last winter.
'It Was Never My Intention to Join ISIS': Interview With a Former Member of Islamic State
Sherko Omer left his native Iraq hoping to join the fight against Assad in Syria, but soon found himself caught up in a horrifying sectarian war, unable to escape
Amazing Photo Shows the Moment the Guns Fell Silent on Armistice Day
'O Jesus make it stop!' wrote Siegfried Sassoon. On November 11th 1918, at 11am, it did – and Europe's 20-year peace began
'The Wall Coming Down on the 9th: That Was Not Supposed to Happen'
Hans Modrow, East Germany's last communist leader, is still angry 25 years on as he recounts the chaos of his country's collapse
Horizons
Nanolobe technology could be used to make the world's fastest-acting drugs.
Amazon May Get Uber-ed
The mighty Amazon might be sunk by the demand for instant gratification.
Iceland: Out on a Limb
Trees are returning to the island nation, in large part due to rising temperatures.
The Murder Mystery Solved by DNA From the Back of a Postage Stamp
With no clues to a 13-year-old Italian girl's murder, instigators used DNA to unravel a tangle of secrets and lies
Downtime
The most dominant team in college football in America—sorry, in North America—is Laval University of Quebec City, Quebec.
The Real Gone Girl
Disney's new daredevil diva in "Big Hero 6" could be the next Wolverine of kids animation.
The 'Delectable' Eurostar Turns 20 in Style
The train, now 20 years old, has brought French speed and glamour to Britain's tracks, revolutionising staid rail travel
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Pope Francis' evolution "is something I never thought I'd see in my lifetime," said a 30-year member of an LGBTQ+ ministry.
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