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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 ...

The first Saudi Arabia-based IHOP opened in Jeddah this week (Shutterstock)

January 20th, 2014 - 08:51 GMT

U.S. Pancake chain is passing the syrup-and new branches-to Saudi Arabia!

Qatar’s tight rental market has made it the most expensive country to live in the GCC, Arabian Business comprehensive analysis on the cost of living in the region reported.

January 20th, 2014 - 03:55 GMT

And you thought Dubai was bad, Qatar most expensive Gulf city for expats

The debts of BP to Iran has not published officially yet, but Shell said in March 2013 that it has $2.3 billion debts to Tehran.

January 20th, 2014 - 03:55 GMT

Iran is totally ready to make things official with British oil giants

But the subsidy reductions could hurt the fragile economy, which is heavily reliant on tourism, agriculture and remittances from Moroccans living abroad.

January 20th, 2014 - 03:55 GMT

And the IMF does it again: Morocco makes final blow to oil and gas subsidies

Supreme organising committee chairman Shaikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa said he was amazed how successful the event had been.

January 19th, 2014 - 11:01 GMT

Bahrain's airshow surpasses $3 billion mark

Dubai is ranked first in the region for its hospitality industry (Shutterstock)

January 19th, 2014 - 10:37 GMT

This Gulf city is leading the Middle East in hospitality

Bahrain's King Hamad made the announcement this week about the proposed establishment of the Space Research Agency (Courtesy of Trade Arabia)

January 19th, 2014 - 09:54 GMT

Bahrain investing in out-of-this-world technology

The 50 percent increase is supposed to in part target elderly pensioners who comprise a significant percentage of the nearly 1.4 million poor families eligible for the new benefits (Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times)

January 19th, 2014 - 08:08 GMT

1.4 million poor pensioners in this Middle East country have something to smile about with new 50 percent increase policy

Meanwhile, diplomats said that providing the amount would not be an issue, because many IAEA member states have already expressed their willingness to help.

January 19th, 2014 - 03:55 GMT

The cost of peace: IAEA needs $8 million euros to implement the Iranian nuclear deal

he EU also will suspend bans on trade in gold, precious metals and petrochemical products while increasing a ceiling on financial transfers not related to remaining sanctions

January 19th, 2014 - 03:55 GMT

A new week, a new phase? EU to lift sanctions off Iran on Monday

The Gulf Arab states have conditioned normalisation of relations with Israel on its acceptance of the 2002 plan drafted by Saudi Arabia for peace with the Palestinians

January 19th, 2014 - 03:55 GMT

Peace agreement ahead? Israel's energy ministrer attends IEAE conference in the UAE

HIA and Airport City span 29 square kilometers, 60 per cent on land reclaimed from the Arabian Gulf

January 16th, 2014 - 09:30 GMT

Let's just say nshallah this time around: Qatar's long delayed airport set to open mid 2014