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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 ...

Batelco's new video surveillance is the first one in Bahrain to be launched on a 4G LTE network (Courtesy of Trade Arabia)

November 3rd, 2013 - 07:02 GMT

Bahrain's Batelco launches first 4G video surveillance

Saudi Arabia ranks tenth lowest poverty rate globally according to the recent World Bank poverty report, but measuring poverty is often done in absolute rather than relative terms (Shutterstock)

November 3rd, 2013 - 06:47 GMT

Saudi Arabia touts tenth lowest poverty rate worldwide

Many US refineries are old and configured only to process oil crudes from sources in the Middle East (Courtesy of CNN)

November 3rd, 2013 - 06:27 GMT

US demand for Mideast crude projected to remain high

According to the statement, Valeo, which currently includes 580 Egyptian specialised engineers, is to hire 150 engineers annually over the next three years.

October 31st, 2013 - 01:49 GMT

French auto parts manufacturer expands its investments in Egypt's Smart Village

When a resident takes a picture of an incident by using that module, it gets stored automatically on the device itself and upon submitting the report, it will be sent to authority’s “Case Management System”, Al Raisi said.

October 31st, 2013 - 12:57 GMT

A bug in your salad? Abu Dhabi app lets you report it

The average occupancy in Jumeirah’s portfolio of hotels has increased by eight per cent globally year to date in September this year, compared to the same period in 2012

October 31st, 2013 - 11:34 GMT

Jumeirah Group secures $1.4 billion loan for expansion

India is among Asia’s major importers of energy and relies on the Islamic Republic of Iran to meet a portion of its energy demands.

October 31st, 2013 - 11:07 GMT

India doubles its oil imports from Iran

According to the complaint the laborers work for between 12 and 16 hours daily and they are not paid overtime money.

October 31st, 2013 - 10:46 GMT

The limits of the 'welfare state': Ethiopians face dismal work conditions in Kuwait

The firms said they were told that Twitter wanted to avoid a pitfall of Facebook Inc.'s initial public offering last year by removing an overhang of Twitter shares.

October 31st, 2013 - 09:37 GMT

Retweet this: Twitter being sued for trickery

October 31st, 2013 - 09:10 GMT

Worthy of a 'like': Facebook crushes Wall Street's expectations for second time in a row, with 60% revenue hike!

industrial cities in Bahrain have helped in attracting foreign investments and achieving concrete growth throughout the last five years (Courtesy of Arabian Business)

October 31st, 2013 - 07:20 GMT

FDI inflows in Bahrain reach $891 million

WIEF's decision to host the 10th round of the forum in Dubai is a positive sign that global markets look at UAE's biggest city as a hub for Islamic economy activities (Courtesy of WIEF)

October 31st, 2013 - 06:19 GMT

Dubai to host World Islamic Economic Forum 2014