Covid-19: Migrant workers stranded in Dubai after Saudi and Kuwait travel ban
Thousands of mainly poorer workers are in a desperate situation, unable to reach their jobs before visas expire Dubai packages covered the airfares from the worker s home country to the UAE and then to Saudi Arabia/Kuwait, a 14-day hotel stay, food, visa charges and a mandatory Covid-19 test (AFP) By Published date: 11 February 2021 12:27 UTC | Last update: 1 month 1 week ago
Thousands of migrant workers bound for Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have been stuck in Dubai after both countries imposed a two-week entry ban for foreigners as Covid-19 cases surge.
Published date: 19 January 2021 16:07 UTC | Last update: 1 month 3 weeks ago
Residents of Gulf Arab states are recoiling at WhatsApp and dropping it like a stone, after the popular messaging service issued its users an ultimatum which would see them agree to share certain data with parent company Facebook.
WhatsApp s two billion users began getting a pop-up notification on 4 January urging them to agree to changes covering what data can be shared between the app and the rest of Facebook. Users were also told that to continue using the app, they needed to agree to the changes by 8 February.
Between this ultimatum and, on 15 January, the extension of the deadline until 15 May, WhatsApp rivals Signal and Telegram gained significant numbers of users in at least three Gulf states - the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, according to figures given to Middle East Eye by market intelligence firm Apptopia.