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Business growth: Ministry issues social media tips for SMEs ARABIA

Business growth: Ministry issues social media tips for SMEs

The Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC) on Friday issued a series of tips for entrepreneurs and owners of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) about the role of social media in the development of their business.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan's 'cat-eyed' tea seller sparks national soul searching INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan's 'cat-eyed' tea seller sparks national soul searching

A Pakistani tea merchant with velvet eyes saw his life changed this week when his portrait spread around the Internet, sparking ardent debates on class, objectification, and the place of ethnic Pashtuns in society.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Anxious prayers for ailing Thai king outside hospital INTERNATIONAL

Anxious prayers for ailing Thai king outside hospital

Thais flooded social media with digital prayers while crowds kept vigil outside a Bangkok hospital for ailing King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Thursday as the deeply polarised nation faces the prospect of losing its figure of unity.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Kahramaa launches account on Snapchat ARABIA

Kahramaa launches account on Snapchat

As part of its continuous efforts to establish regular contacts with the country's residents, the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has launched its new account on Snapchat ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Facebook's launches Marketplace for local buying and selling INTERNATIONAL

Facebook's launches Marketplace for local buying and selling

Facebook Inc launched Marketplace to allow people to buy and sell items locally as the social media network tries new ways to keep users engaged.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Slain Jordanian writer buried amid tight security ASIA

Slain Jordanian writer buried amid tight security

Thousands of people attended the funeral of Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar on Wednesday amid tight security, three days after he was shot dead on the steps of an Amman court.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Jordan vows crackdown on online incitement ASIA

Jordan vows crackdown on online incitement

Jordanian authorities vowed Tuesday to crack down on incitement to violence on social media, two days after the murder of a writer over which the government has faced public anger.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Dubai drops charges against charity-promoting Briton ASIA

Dubai drops charges against charity-promoting Briton

Dubai prosecutors have dropped charges against a British-Australian man who used social media to highlight the work of an Afghan refugee charity, a local newspaper said on Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
UK soap sacks Pakistan-born actor for offensive tweets INTERNATIONAL

UK soap sacks Pakistan-born actor for offensive tweets

A Pakistan-born actor has been sacked from Britain's most popular television soap after posting what broadcaster ITV called "entirely unacceptable, racially offensive" comments about Indians on social media.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Oman Air disables inflight maps over 'Persian' name ASIA

Oman Air disables inflight maps over 'Persian' name

Oman Air has switched off an inflight map system that labelled the waterway between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran, the subject of a bitter naming dispute, as the "Persian Gulf".

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Smoke-filled Jetstar plane forced to land in Brisbane INTERNATIONAL

Smoke-filled Jetstar plane forced to land in Brisbane

A Jetstar plane was forced to land in Brisbane after the cabin filled with smoke en route from Sydney to Cairns, the Australian airline said on Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Malaysia abuzz as Mahathir, Anwar join hands INTERNATIONAL

Malaysia abuzz as Mahathir, Anwar join hands

Bitter foes Mahathir Mohamad and his estranged protégé Anwar Ibrahim met for the first time in 18 years on Monday, underscoring shifting political alliances caused by a corruption scandal plaguing Malaysia's current leader.

4:45 AM November 25 2016