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June 28th, 2026 - 11:03 GMT

P. Choiaqo

US restaurants add mandatory tips to bills as World Cup fans are unfamiliar with tipping culture

ALBAWABA - The World Cup, doubtlessly, brings fans from all around the world to come and cheer for their favorite teams and to experience the cultures of the host countries, one culture. However, has slipped World Cup fans by, tipping. Tipping is seen not as something optional in the U.S. but as something compulsory, that anyone should tip their server as they pay for their meal. This mindset, however, hardly ...

Oman's labor ministry claims that work clearances for women are open but are regulated 'because the aim is to protect women'. (Times of Oman)

September 18th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Oman recruitment agencies decry difficulties in obtaining visas for female expats

Physical infrastructure damage, now estimated at $137.8 billion in Syria and more than $20 billion in Yemen, represents a long-term challenge for policy makers. (AFP/File)

September 18th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

IMF report details the crippling economic effects of conflict in MENA

The newly announced dates for signing the contracts comes following a series of delays. (File photo)

September 18th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Progress at last? Renaissance Dam study contracts to be signed this week

A key modification includes finding a new route for the pipeline to avoid waters controlled by the United Arab Emirates. (File photo)

September 18th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Iran-Oman undersea gas pipeline costs set to rise to $1.5B

The report noted that the divergence between supply and demand will likely persist in the coming years, which means that oil prices will remain at relatively low levels. (File photo)

September 18th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

MENA's projected economic growth rate at weakest since 2009

Air France -KLM will maintain its presence in the Egyptian capital, with Air France operating six weekly flights out of Paris. (Wikimedia Commons)

September 18th, 2016 - 05:30 GMT

KLM to suspend flights to Cairo from January 2017

Prime office rents for upper floors in skyscrapers in the emirate are priced at $43.50 per sqft per annum. (File photo)

September 18th, 2016 - 05:04 GMT

Sky high: Dubai makes top 20 list of world's most expensive office rents

Critics of the new contract are worried about giving foreign companies a stake in the fields. (File photo)

September 18th, 2016 - 04:13 GMT

Revised Iranian oil contract paves way for $10B of investments by 2017

Mara Xpress will invest $500,000 into an Abu Dhabi facility followed by plans for expansion in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. (Mara Xpress)

September 15th, 2016 - 11:30 GMT

Gulf e-commerce newcomer Mara Xpress plans $10M MENA expansion

The steady surge in Saudi output is the result of an adamant Riyadh oil policy against low oil prices. (File photo)

September 15th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Saudi Arabia surpasses the US to become world's largest oil producer

The combined value of exports from Qatar to its top five destinations amounted to QR9.86 billion ($2.71 billion) in July. (NPP)

September 15th, 2016 - 09:02 GMT

Asia increasingly eager for Qatari exports

Russia and Saudi Arabia, the leading global oil producers, earlier this month agreed to work towards a possible freeze in oil output volumes to support oil prices. (Shutterstock)

September 15th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Pumping up: OPEC expects larger surplus next year