In a move to streamline communication and enhance group interactions, WhatsApp has introduced a new feature aimed at simplifying event organisation within its platform.

IFP- Saudi Al-Watan newspaper reported that one of the young women came to the Criminal Court in Jeddah and accused the other of using abusive expressions during their WhatsApp conversation. She then showed her phone at the Courts request to prove her words. During the next session, the court confirmed that the woman had indeed sent obscene messages ...

Front page headlines of Iranian dailies on Sunday mostly focused on the 7thround of nuclear talks in New York and their failure to produce the intended results. The inconclusive negotiations drew remarks from different politicians and prompted them to adopt a wait-and-see approach until the 8thround of the talks later this year. Comments by Parliament ...

TEHRAN: Eleven Iranians accused of sending insulting SMS text messages about Islamic republic founder AyatollahRuhollah Khomeinihave been arrested in the southern province of Shiraz, a newspaper reported on Monday. "After monitoring social network applications on mobile phones like WhatsApp, Viber, Line and tango ... 11 people were arrested," the ...

Irans Judiciary hasorderedthe ministry of communications to block social networking services such as Viber, Tango and WhatsApp over dissemination of derogatory content. Irans Prosecutor General Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei demanded that the ministry, in line with an order issued by Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani, take immediate ...

TEHRAN, June 18 (MNA) A member of Committee for Determining Examples of Criminal Web Content has said the Committee has no plan to filter the social networks. The member, who wanted to remain anonymous, told Mehr News that some social networks including WhatsApp and Instagram would not subject to blocking. He pointed to presidents concerns ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A judge in southern Iran has ordered Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear in court to answer complaints by individuals who say Facebook-owned applications Instagram and Whatsapp violate their privacy, semiofficial news agency ISNA reported Tuesday. It quoted an official with the paramilitary Basij force, as saying ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency held another round of talks with Irans officials in Tehran on Tuesday, pursuing development of agreements on inspections and supervision of nuclear facilities. There was no immediate statement about the latest discussions. Since November, Iran and the IAEA have agreed on inspections of uranium enrichment complexes,...

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has vetoed a plan to ban WhatsApp, following a row over censorship of the popular messaging application, media reports said Wednesday. Access to social networks, including Twitter and Facebook, are routinely blocked by Iranian authorities, as are other websites considered un-Islamic or detrimental to the regime. The ...

President Rouhani announced the decision after Facebook owner Zuckerberg bought the application. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has announced that his government is banning the smartphone application WhatsApp after it was purchased by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Rouhani cited his reason for the ban being the $19 billion purchase of the ...