Urdu language support now part of Google’s speech recognition

KARACHI: Language barriers prove to be one of the biggest hurdles in technological advancement these days. . Earlier this year, Google  launched a set of new...

Will inform before initiating mutually assured destruction in region, China and India reassure Pakistan

BEIJING/NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD – Reassuring Pakistan that a due confirmation will be sent in case India and China plan to launch a nuclear war for...

Women in viral miniskirt video confirmed as Iranian proxy: Saudi media

RIYADH – The woman who was arrested after being seen wearing a miniskirt in a viral video has been confirmed as an Iranian proxy...

Replace ‘outdated’ C for Cat with C for Calibri, renowned linguist Noam Chomsky advises

ISLAMABAD – Linguists and noted grammarians from all over the world have decided to replace cat with Calibri for children learning to associate objects...

ISIS finally confirms it has killed al-Baghdadi

MOSUL – ISIS has finally confirmed that the group killed its supreme leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi in a suicide attack on Tuesday. The...

NASA’s shortage of spacesuits may jeopardize future missions

As per a government audit report, NASA has low stocks of spacesuits and new ones might not be available in time. Astronauts have been using the...

ISIS recruits relying on Tic-Tac-Toe for in-flight entertainment following US’ laptop ban

RAQQA – All members of the Islamist State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on board US bound flights have been relying on Tic-Tac-Toe to...

Fearless Chinese diplomats not adding security outside embassies despite beard, burqa ban in China

BAGHDAD/DAMASCUS/KABUL/ABUJA/JAKARTA/ISLAMABAD – Fearless and undaunted, Chinese diplomats are not seeking any additional layers of security to the ones that they already have, despite Beijing...

Japanese man stabs self to get out of work

Work can definitely be hard at times. However, one man in Japan took the drastic measure of stabbing himself in order to get a...

OIC welcomes resumption of Syrian talks in Geneva

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomes the resumption of the Syrian talks in Geneva under the auspices of the United Nations. The OIC...