Articles by Kwame Mensah
Pakistan Appoints Sarfraz Test Captain
Pakistan Tuesday rewarded Sarfraz Ahmed with the country's Test captaincy, a fortnight after he led the national team...
Israel’s Opposition Labour Holds Primary As Influence Wanes
Israel's main opposition Labour party was on Tuesday holding a leadership primary election as the faction that once...
Kremlin Says Putin, Trump To Meet Friday In Hamburg
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to hold a first meeting with US leader Donald Trump on Friday on the sidelines...
Chinese Man Wins Suit Over Forced Conversion Therapy
A Chinese court has ordered a psychiatric hospital to compensate and apologise to a gay man who was forced to undergo...
Niger Jihadists Kidnap 37 Women, Nine People Killed
Boko Haram jihadists have kidnapped 37 women and slit the throats of nine other people at a village in southeastern...
Indian PM’s Tea Stall To Become Tourist Shrine
Now it is rusting hulk in a small town railway station, but Indian authorities want the stall where Prime Minister...
EU, Japan Schedule Summit To Strike Trade Deal
The European Union and Japan will hold a summit Thursday in hopes of sealing broad agreement on a massive trade deal...
Migrant Influx To Europe Hits 100,000 In 2017
More than 100,000 migrants have made the perilous Mediterranean crossing to Europe this year, the UN said Tuesday, amid...
Under-Pressure Qatar Vows To Boost Gas Production
Under-pressure Qatar vowed a major boost to gas production Tuesday as a deadline approached for Doha to meet the...
Japan Panda Fans Get Latest Fix of Cute With New Footage
Japan's panda-obsessed public got their latest fix of cute Tuesday as a Tokyo zoo released footage of its 20-day-old...
Russia’s Putin, China’s Xi Talk Trade, North Korea At Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met Tuesday against a backdrop of mounting tensions over...
N.Korea’s ICBM Capability
North Korea declared Tuesday that the country had finally achieved its dream of building an intercontinental ballistic...
Coming To A Chinese Cinema Near You
Chinese cinema-goers now have to sit through a short clip promoting "core socialist values" and President Xi Jinping's...
US-Backed Forces Breach IS Defences In Heart of Syria’s Raqa
US-backed forces have penetrated the heavily fortified heart of jihadist bastion Raqa for the first time, in a key...
Indian Cinemas Shut In Tax Protest
More than 1,000 cinemas in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu have closed in protest at a hike in taxes after the...
China Defends N.Korea Efforts, After Trump Outburst
China defended its "relentless efforts" to resolve the North Korea nuclear issue on Tuesday following a Twitter...
Sri Lanka Ends Decades-Long Occupation of Tamil Port
Sri Lanka's military said Tuesday it has ended its occupation of a major fishing harbour after 27 years and allowed...
Vietnam’s Capital To Ban Motorbikes By 2030
Officials in Vietnam's traffic-choked capital Hanoi vowed on Tuesday to banish motorbikes by 2030 to ease environment...
Singapore PM Accused of Lying In Parliament By Brother
The brother of Singapore's prime minister Tuesday accused him of lying in parliament about the final wishes of their...
N.Korea’s Veteran Newsreader Returns To Declare ICBM Launch
Pyongyang deployed one of its most symbolic media assets to declare a key moment in North Korea's missile development...