Arabic is spoken by more than 400 million people. Can you recognise these Arabic words that made their way into English?

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

Posts circulating on social media claim Mamdani is expected to introduce new rules when he becomes New York Mayor in 2026 that will require all public elementary schools in the state to learn Arabic ...

A viral claim has been doing the rounds that New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will require elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals. A viral claim has been doing the rounds that New ...

In mid-November 2025, a rumor spread on X that New York City's Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani would be introducing "Arabic numerals" to schools in the city. One post from the account of the prediction ...

Sperm whales swimming off the coast of Dominica. The marine mammals have a complex communication system that scientists are working to decode. Amanda Cotton Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

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Bilal Abdul Kareem, a former stand-up comedian in the U.S. turned war journalist who has lived in Syria since 2012, was ...

If you spend enough time online, you're bound to come come across a sentence like this: "Yr brn cn rd wrds wtht vwls." It looks like nonsense at first glance, but after a moment, you probably read it ...

The feature film, which was released in 2024, was India’s official entry to the Academy Awards 2025. Fabrice Bracq, director of Burqa City, says he was surprised by "how closely the pitch" of Laapataa ...

Netizens claim uncanny resemblance between India's Oscar submission and an Arabic film Dubai: Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies, which was India’s official entry to the Oscars 2025, is reportedly at the ...