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October 2nd, 2025 - 11:42 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Snapchat under fire for a policy to impose fees on users

ALBAWABA - Snapchat is expected to impose new fees on people who want to keep their memories saved on the American app. "Pay to save" is a new policy announced by Snapchat that charges users for storing photos and videos. The popular app has designated people with more than 5GB of "archive" as its target group. Under the new policies, users with more than 5 GB of storage will be ...

All but one of the 142 passengers, who included dozens of French nationals, and 11 crew members, died in the disaster in the Indian Ocean as the craft tried to land in the Comoros capital Moroni.

January 29th, 2014 - 09:46 GMT

Can you call an airline a 'murderer'? Apparently yes! France charges Yemen airlines with 'manslaugher'

The Nitaqat system, a scheme that penalises companies based on the percentage of its expatriate employees

January 29th, 2014 - 09:12 GMT

Calling it by its name? Saudi shoura council calls nitaqat system a 'failure'

Gül is currently in Italy for a three-day official visit with a large delegation.

January 29th, 2014 - 04:00 GMT

A tad childish? Turkey's president to Europe, "our economy is more stable than yours"

The Dubai Expo 2020 event will require AED39.23 billion ($10 billion) of investment to develop all of the required facilities and host the event

January 29th, 2014 - 03:43 GMT

We all knew it was gonna take billions, but Dubai finally puts a price tag on the Expo 2020

Erdoğan and Jahangir later held a joint press conference and attended the signing ceremony.

January 29th, 2014 - 01:48 GMT

Turkey, Iran break the ice with a number of new trade agreements

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January 29th, 2014 - 09:45 GMT

The professionalization of the UAE: Job opportunities for professionals up 12 percent

The trade deficit in 2013 reached $17.292 billion, compared to a deficit of $16.797 billion in 2012

January 29th, 2014 - 08:42 GMT

The usual: Lebanon blames widening trade deficit on Syrian crisis

The number of passengers reached 6,264,368 in 2013 compared to 5,960,414 in 2012

January 29th, 2014 - 08:15 GMT

The tiny silver lining? Beirut's airport traffic rose 5% in 2013

Providing further studies on the economic consequences of cutting aid, Dcode mentioned that increased imports of military equipment would exert pressure on foreign currency resources in short-term.

January 29th, 2014 - 03:55 GMT

Is the Gulf about to take over? US aid to Egypt 'deteriorating'

Samsung extended its lead as the world’s biggest vendor, accounting for 31.3 per cent of sales, ahead of Apple’s 15.3 per cen

January 28th, 2014 - 09:50 GMT

Smartphone sales topped 1 billion for the first time ever and Apple is seriously missing out

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January 28th, 2014 - 02:51 GMT

Ford in Middle East's "fast lane" with record sales, Lebanon leading the way in purchases

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January 28th, 2014 - 01:54 GMT

Big spending, big troubles? UAE foreign assets plummet, new central bank data shows