Articles by Kwame Mensah
Once Tax-Free, Saudi Arabia Starts Expat Levy
Saudi Arabia on Thursday said it had begun taxing foreigners working in the private sector as part of fiscal reforms...
17 Declared Dead In Ghana Goldmine Collapse
Rescuers on Thursday called off a search for miners who were trapped underground after an illegal goldmine collapsed in...
Classmates Rescue Indian Child Bride
An Indian teenager sent to live with a much older husband who she married aged just 11 has returned to school after...
In East Aleppo, Industrial Zones Emerge From the Rubble
In a formerly rebel-held district of Syria's Aleppo, factory owner Karam allows himself a small smile as he watches his...
US Trade Gap Narrows In May On Record Exports
The US trade deficit shrank in May as American exports hit their highest level in two years, the Commerce Department...
Beach Stroll By Modi, Netanyahu Causes Internet Waves
A beach stroll by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu caused online waves on...
Dickwella, Gunathilaka Give Sri Lanka Big Win
Openers Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka hit sublime centuries to help Sri Lanka humble Zimbabwe by eight...
Yemen Famine Risk Rising As Cholera Diverts Resources
Aid groups have pulled resources from the fight against malnutrition to battle cholera in Yemen, raising the risk of...
Trump Calls On the World To Act Against North Korea
President Donald Trump on Thursday called North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile test 'very, very bad...
One Dead As Strong Quake Hits Central Philippines
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake killed at least one person in the central Philippines on Thursday, with at least five more...
Indonesian Teenage Boy Weds 73-Year-Old Bride
A teenage boy has married his 73-year-old lover in a remote village on Indonesia's Sumatra, officials said, after the...
UNESCO Keeps Great Barrier Reef Off ‘in Danger’ List
UNESCO said Thursday its World Heritage Committee (WHC) had decided not to place the Great Barrier Reef on its list of...
Chinese Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo’s Health Deteriorates
Fears about the health of China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo rose on Thursday as the hospital treating...
Civilians Trapped As Iraq Forces Battle IS In Mosul
Iraqi forces on Thursday battled the last remaining Islamic State group fighters in Mosul's Old City, where the UN said...
Wimbledon Fines For Bad Boys Tomic, Medvedev
Wimbledon bad boys Bernard Tomic and Daniil Medvedev have been fined for "unsportsmanlike conduct" following their...
Chinese Activist Liu’s Liver Function Deteriorates
The liver function of China's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo "has deteriorated", the hospital treating him said...
Trump Warns Future of the West At Stake
US President Donald Trump warned that the future of the West was at risk and lashed out at Russia and North Korea on...
Pizza Bytes! Pakistan Enchanted By First Robot Waitresses
Pakistan's first robot waitresses are serving up smiles for customers at an upscale pizza restaurant in the ancient...
Britain Opens Separate ‘jihadi Jails’
Britain said Thursday it had begun housing Islamist extremists in separate prison units to prevent them radicalising...
Flights Diverted As Potholes Bedevil Philippine Airport
Runway potholes forced the Philippines' main airport to divert several flights Thursday, officials said, in the third...