February 12th, 2026 - 06:50 GMT
ALBAWABA - Several reports claim that Russia has "attempted to fully block" Meta's messaging app WhatsApp in the country, potentially barring 100 million users from using the platform. According to AFP, this comes after pressure from Moscow to push the local internet users into a more state-controlled messaging app. WhatsApp took to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote, "Today the Russian government attempted to fully block WhatsApp in an effort to ...
!["[We have] decided that Germany should impose an entry ban on 18 Saudi citizens, who are presumed to be in connection with this deed, in the Schengen information system," Maas told reporters. (Shutterstock)](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Maas_Nov20.jpg?itok=pK_mb_Bg "\"[We have] decided that Germany should impose an entry ban on 18 Saudi citizens, who are presumed to be in connection with this deed, in the Schengen information system,\" Maas told reporters. (Shutterstock)")
