Saudi to block WhatsApp ‘within weeks’Saudi Arabia plans to block Internet-based communication tool WhatsApp within weeks if the US-based firm fails to comply with requirements set by the kingdom's telecom regulator, local newspapers reported this week. This month More… |
Saudi to block WhatsApp ‘within weeks’Saudi Arabia plans to block Internet-based communication tool WhatsApp within weeks if the US-based firm fails to comply with requirements set by the kingdom's telecom regulator, local newspapers reported this week. This month More… |
Bahrain to ban private medical practiceBahrain’s health officials have warned that a new rule banning doctors from working in both the public and private sectors will be introduced, quashing rumours that the plan has been scrapped. It was due to come into effect More… |
Bahrain to ban private medical practiceBahrain’s health officials have warned that a new rule banning doctors from working in both the public and private sectors will be introduced, quashing rumours that the plan has been scrapped. It was due to come into effect More… |
Saudi bans Viber web messaging toolSaudi Arabia's telecom regulator has banned use of the web-based communication application Viber, which is hard for the state to monitor and deprives licensed telecom companies of revenue from international calls and texts. &q More… |
Saudi bans Viber web messaging toolSaudi Arabia's telecom regulator has banned use of the web-based communication application Viber, which is hard for the state to monitor and deprives licensed telecom companies of revenue from international calls and texts. &q More… |
UN to probe Syria 'chemical arms attack'UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday announced that the UN will launch an investigation as requested by the Syrian government into allegations that chemical weapons were used in Syria. & More… |
UAE ban on Diane 35The UAE's Ministry of Health has aksed local health authorities and directors of medical districts, public and private hospitals and private clinics to temporarily suspend the usage of Diane 3 More… |
End Syria war 'in the name of humanity', pleads BanUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed on Wednesday to all combatants in Syria's civil war to stop fighting "in the name of humanity". Spea More… |
6 countries ban Brazil beef over mad cow caseSix countries have banned imports of Brazilian beef, including No 6 importer Chile, since a case of atypical mad cow disease was confirmed last month, Brazil's foreign trade secretary Tatiana Prazeres said on Wednesday. Brazil More… |








