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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 ...

He described the agreement as an opportunity to learn more about Egypt’s numerous promising industries and sectors that may benefit from the joint venture.

December 5th, 2013 - 01:29 GMT

Abu Dhabi's Khalifa fund interested in Egypt's small businesses

UAE wants 1% of its total energy production to come from solar power by 2020 (Courtesy of the Arabian Gazette)

December 5th, 2013 - 12:49 GMT

As Dubai powers up for 2020 World Expo, energy consumption expected to increase 20%

Yemen became a member of the WTO Wednesday (Achmad Ibrahim/AP)

December 5th, 2013 - 12:19 GMT

A blessing or a curse for the struggling economy? Thirteen years later, Yemen joins the WTO

Qatar foreign workers are more frequently using unofficial, off-the-record methods to send money home according to a World Bank report (File Archive)

December 5th, 2013 - 12:02 GMT

Remittance retract in Qatar, or is it? Government says $200 million gap in homeward bound funds

UAE's Minister of Economy called on the WTO to accelerate the membership process for developing countries interested in joining the global trade group (File Archive)

December 5th, 2013 - 09:53 GMT

UAE calls for "balanced deal" at WTO meeting as divisions grow among delegations

Global freight tonne kilometres were up 4.0% in October year-on-year, a rebound from the 0.3% contraction in September. (Image credit: Shutterstock)

December 5th, 2013 - 07:08 GMT

Reversing downward trend, Middle East carriers set record freight growth

The secretary-general of the Kuwaiti liaison commission for environmental rehabilitation, said that the Kuwaiti compensation claims, according to UN resolution 258, cover six restoration ventures.

December 5th, 2013 - 03:55 GMT

A totally green economy otherwise? Kuwait to receive $744 million in compensation for environmental damage caused by 1990 Iraqi invasion

Al Bawaba

December 5th, 2013 - 03:55 GMT

Mission (im)possible? Libya aiming to restore oil output in two weeks

Al-Sabah asserted that the Kuwait Investment Authority would form partnerships with Egyptian organisations to aid in implementing projects and invest in joint ventures with the country, which the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development would finance.

December 5th, 2013 - 03:55 GMT

Kuwait boasting that it's ready to boost Egypt's economy

In a statement on Tuesday, the Berlin-based organization said that the annual report represents a warning against the abuse of power, secret deals and bribes which are ongoing problems that ruin societies across the world.

December 4th, 2013 - 12:39 GMT

Where do the Arab Spring contenders lie on the corruption barometer?

Damac Properties was established in 2002, as a private, residential, leisure and commercial developer in Dubai. (Image credit: Shutterstock)

December 4th, 2013 - 12:23 GMT

DAMAC misses goal set at London share sale

Qatar, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia UAE and Turkey represent 78 percent of the international Islamic banking assets with commercial banks (File Archive)

December 4th, 2013 - 11:59 GMT

Islamic banking booming globally, assets to reach $1.72 trillion by end of year