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 ...

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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 ...

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

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 ...

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

The militant group targeted areas in Israel farther south than most of its previous attacks, reinforcing fears of broader regional conflict. For Middle Eastern Foes, Diplomacy Takes a Back Seat to ...

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 ...