Adam LeBor offers a glimpse inside the secretive organisation that helped prop up the Nazis, but fails to reveal much about the degree to which it continues to shape global finance, writes Fran Hawthorne
Read Article Book Review: Too big to be seen
Rooftop greenhouses are nothing new, but Bashar Humeid has transformed several into 'freedom machines' that supply food, water, heat and electrity to residents in Amman, Jordan, and he hopes that is just the beginning, writes Shadiah Abdullah Al Jabry
Read Article Green 'Freedom Machine' empowers apartments in Jordan
Bushra Alkaff Al Hashemi samples the
buzz of Thursday nights at Yas Waterworld,
where the start of the weekend has been
set aside for female waterpark enthusiasts Read Article Ladies night at Yas Waterworld
The United States and the Afghan government announce they will hold talks with the Taliban in Doha this week aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan. US to hold peace talks with Taliban
More than 200,000 people marched across the country to vent their anger at the government's lavish spending in demonstrations which were initially triggered by a rise in bus fares. Brazil hit by largest protests in 20 years
The days of taking one picture at a time on real film, rather than a disk, have never lost their romance. Neither have the images, a website is proving. Rym Ghazal reports Snapshots tell of the way we were