It was the first daily Urdu newspaper published in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and also in other Arab countries.

[1] Urdu News was launched by Hisham Hafiz in Jeddah in September 1994 as a weekly newspaper.

The paper is owned by Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG).

Tarek Mishkhes and Farouq Luqman were the former editors-in-chiefs of Urdu News.

[6][7][8] The website generally covers news on political, social, sporting, economics and other developments, particularly focusing on central Asian countries.