Absher, a government-backed mobile app in Saudi Arabia, has come under sharp criticism amid claims that it reinforces the country’s system of male guardianship — which requires women to seek approval ...

TBILISI, Georgia — For more than five years, Maha and Wafa al-Subaie planned their escape from Saudi Arabia. The sisters hoped to flee their family, which they said was physically abusive and ...

Pressure is growing on Apple and Google to remove Absher, a controversial Saudi app which can be used by male family members to track the movements of women and even bar them from travelling. Some 14 ...

Saudi Arabia is reportedly ending laws which require women to get permission from a man before leaving the country. It follows a global backlash to reporting by INSIDER on the government app Absher, ...

Tim Cook says that he was unaware of the Absher app, a Saudi-based government app which allows men to track female family members, and even prevent them from travelling, but will investigate. It ...

Two Saudi sisters who fled their country called Wednesday for U.S. tech giants to remove an app which allows men in the Gulf state to monitor their female relatives. The sisters say Apple and Google ...

Apple and Google have been accused of helping to "enforce gender apartheid" in Saudi Arabia, by offering a sinister app that allows men to track women and stop them leaving the country. Both Google ...

RIYADH — The Ministry of Interior’s electronic platform "Absher" has carried out a total of 38,315,884 electronic ...

Google has said it will not remove the controversial Saudi government app Absher from the Google Play store. U.S. lawmakers have put pressure on Google and Apple, which also provides the app through ...

Rights groups are criticising Apple and Google for hosting Absher, an app that allows men in Saudi Arabia to track the movements of women. Apple and Google have been accused aiding the enforcement of ...

Google has refused to pull out a controversial government app from Saudi Arabia which lets men track and control women who travel, saying it does not violate its Play Store policies. According to a ...

Absher, a government-backed mobile app in Saudi Arabia, has come under sharp criticism amid claims that it reinforces the country’s system of male guardianship — which requires women to seek approval ...