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Grenade attack as Bangladesh police raid Islamist hideout

 Bangladesh police came under grenade attack when they raided two suspected Islamist extremist hideouts Wednesday, days after a major anti-militant drive in which 10 people were killed. Police said counter-terrorism officers raided two houses in Moulvibazar district in the northeast...

Drone strike kills 4 Qaeda suspects in Yemen

A drone strike killed four suspected members of Al-Qaeda in south Yemen Wednesday, a security official said, as the United States intensifies air raids on extremists in the war-torn country. Two missiles hit a vehicle on the outskirts of the town of Mudiyah in Abyan province, killing all...

Samsung faces 'biggest test' with Galaxy S8 launch

The world's biggest smartphone maker Samsung will unveil its latest flagship, the Galaxy S8, Wednesday in New York as it seeks to move on from last year's humiliating recall crisis. Samsung Electronics was forced to discontinue the Galaxy Note 7, originally intended to compete with Apple's...

Evacuation deal reached for 4 besieged Syria towns

The Shi'ite populations of two pro-Syrian government towns are to be evacuated in exchange for the evacuation of Sunni rebels and their families from two opposition-held towns in a mediated deal between the warring sides, a pro-government source and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...