At the IFA conference in Berlin, Samsung unveiled its latest editions of the Galaxy smartphone-tablet hybrid. The Galaxy Note 4 looks much like its predecessor, but comes with an improved camera, pen, battery-life, and screen resolution. (Photo: Ellen Jervell ...

TALLINN—U.S. President Barack Obama, visiting here Wednesday, said he planned to increase the American air force presence in Estonia for training purposes, as tensions between nearby Russia and U.S. allies in Europe continue to rise. Mr. Obama said ...

Samsung's new Galaxy Note 4 phone now has a virtual reality mask to go with it. The Gear VR Innovator Edition turns the phone's screen into goggles running software made by Oculus VR. WSJ's Wilson Rothman joins Simon Constable on the News Hub with ...

Google's advanced-research lab said it is developing a system of drones to deliver goods with its Project Wing prototype. Photo: Google. When Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -0.29% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $339.04 -0.98 -0.29% Aug. 29, 2014 4:00 pm ...

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 sits on the tarmac at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Associated Press. KUALA LUMPUR—Malaysia's state investor plans to spend up to six billion ringgit (US$1.9 billion) to revive Malaysia Airlines, which will cut ...

Three Hamas commanders have been killed following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Thursday. The UN Security council has urged both sides to resume cease-fire talks as WSJ's Mark Kelly reports (Image: Ibrahim Khatib/Zuma Press). Up Next ...

Demonstrators take part in a peaceful protest in Ferguson, Mo., on Tuesday. Police lowered their profile and refrained from using tear gas, to encourage a more orderly night of protests 10 days after the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager. Michael ...

ERBIL, Iraq—U.S. airstrikes have driven some ground commanders of the Sunni radical group Islamic State from northern Iraq across the border into Syria, Iraqi officials say. The retreat into eastern Syria, where Islamic State has built up an operational base ...

Islamic State militants released a video Tuesday purporting to show the beheading of American journalist James Foley in an act of retribution for U.S. airstrikes on the group in Iraq, raising new dangers for President Obama's Middle East policy. WSJ's Tamer ...

Pope Francis and Father Federico Lombardi aboard the plane carrying him back to Rome on August 18. AFP/Getty Images. Pope Francis said Monday he may visit New York City in 2015, which would be the first papal visit to the city since 2008. "Next year I ...

Kurdish and Iraqi forces regained control of the largest part of the strategic Mosul Dam and appeared to have beaten back much of the Islamic State. What's next for this coalition? Truman National Security fellow Mike Lyons joins Simon Constable on the ...

LNG is natural gas supercooled in large refrigeration units so it can be exported by tanker to places not connected by pipeline. Taking more than four years to build, the US$19 billion LNG facility has transformed Oil Search, once a small regional oil producer, ...

FERGUSON, Mo.—The Missouri National Guard arrived Monday in this city riven for more than a week by protests and rioting over the shooting of an unarmed teenager by police, amid calls for peace and justice—from the streets to the White House. In a case ...

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama on Monday said Iraqi and Kurdish forces, aided by U.S. airstrikes, had taken a "major step forward" by recapturing Iraq's largest dam from the Islamic State, showing that the country's disparate population can come ...

The United Nations' aviation safety arm on Monday tried to reassure nervous airline passengers that the risk of becoming infected from Ebola while on a flight is remote amid a growing death toll from the outbreak. "The risk of transmission of Ebola virus ...

ISLAMABAD—Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan called for widespread civil disobedience in Pakistan, urging supporters to stop paying taxes and utility bills in a bid to oust the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The populist politician also raised ...

Nouri al-Maliki performed a belated service to his country Thursday by resigning as Prime Minister. His decision spares Iraq from a crippling and potentially violent confrontation with his anointed successor, Haider al-Abadi, and offers Baghdad a fresh chance ...

Nouri al-Maliki performed a belated service to his country Thursday by resigning as Prime Minister. His decision spares Iraq from a crippling and potentially violent confrontation with his anointed successor, Haider al-Abadi, and offers Baghdad a fresh chance ...

A look back at the life of Lauren Bacall - the cool, sultry-voiced icon of Hollywood's golden age of cinema who died at age 89. WSJ's Mark Kelly reports (Image: Everett Collection). Though known world-wide as one of the last of the grande dames of ...

JERUSALEM—White House and State Department officials who were leading U.S. efforts to rein in Israel's military campaign in the Gaza Strip were caught off guard last month when they learned that the Israeli military had been quietly securing supplies of ...