While talking to him, I realised he could speak English rather fluently. But when I asked him something in Urdu, he was unable to answer me. His utter disco-nnect with Urdu was more annoying than ...

Crown Prince Mohammed, far from being isolated by the US, has just secured an end to the four-year US ban on offensive ...

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has caused difficulties for Urdu medium students in MANUU schools by offering ...

Saudi Arabia Sunday announced a 0.3 per cent year-on-year decline in real gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter ...

known for his 1990s sermons “Come for Jihad” and “The Industry of Death” that circulated on clandestine audiotapes throughout Saudi Arabia. The Telfaz11 “Saify” synopsis does not ...

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest sovereign state in the Middle East and makes up the majority of the Arabian Peninsula. The country is ruled by the Al Saud royal family along with a ...

Bangladesh, then East Pakistan, saw the Bangla language movement in 1952 against the imposition of Urdu by Pakistan. Five ...

Saudi Arabia plans to scrap light-touch oversight of its nuclear facilities by the U.N. atomic watchdog and switch to regular ...

Saudi Arabia is the giant of the Middle East, with both the vast majority of land and wealth of the Arabian Peninsula falling within its borders. Millions of devout Muslims from around the world ...

Saudi Arabia has an oil-based economy with strong government controls over major economic activities. It possesses about 16% of the world's proven petroleum reserves, ranks as the largest exporter ...