Articles by Kwame Mensah
Five N. Koreans Sail Across Tense Border To S. Korea
Five North Koreans in a small boat crossed the sea border into South Korean waters Saturday, a Coast Guard official...
Obama Calls For Tolerance and Unity In Childhood Home Indonesia
Barack Obama called for tolerance and respect in his childhood home of Indonesia Saturday, amid rising religious...
Trump Tweets Out Against CNN, NBC, ‘dumb As A Rock’ Journalist
President Donald Trump on Saturday fired off another volley in his escalating feud with the US media, aiming a Twitter...
Thousands In London Protest Against Austerity, PM
Thousands of people marched through London on Saturday to protest at austerity and demand Prime Minister Theresa May's...
Fighting In Philippine City Displaces Nearly 400,000
Islamist militants occupying a southern Philippine city have forced nearly 400,000 people in the wider area to flee...
Foreigners Banned As Singapore Holds Gay-Rights Rally
Thousands of Singaporeans dressed in pink packed a city park on Saturday for a gay-rights rally under tight security...
Venus Williams Says She Is ‘devastated and Heartbroken’ Crash
Venus Williams has spoken out for the first time after she was involved in a crash that left a 78-year-old man. The US...
Seventeen Wounded In US Nightclub Shootup
Seventeen people were wounded in a nightclub shootup in the southern US state of Arkansas, police said Saturday. Some...
Venus Williams ‘heartbroken’ Over Fatal Florida Car Crash
US tennis star Venus Williams said she is "devastated and heartbroken" over the fatal car crash that the victim's...
Sudan Defends Human Rights Record Against US Criticism
Sudan insisted on Saturday that it respected media and religious freedoms after the United States said it was "very...
US-Backed Forces In New Attack On IS In Syria’s Raqa
US-backed fighters have launched a renewed attack on Islamic State group jihadists inside their Syrian bastion Raqa,...
Pakistan Says Climbers Missing On ‘Killer Mountain’ Presumed Dead
Two climbers missing on a treacherous peak in northern Pakistan known as "Killer Mountain" are now presumed dead and...
Art and Punchbags In Hong Kong At Colourful Post-Xi Protest
Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters marched through summer rain brandishing colourful art and props in Hong...
Bangladesh Marks First Anniversary of Deadly Cafe Siege
Hundreds of people gathered Saturday at the site of one of the worst Islamist attacks in Bangladesh's history to mark...
Sri Lanka’s Controversial Bowler Malinga Falls Ill
Sri Lanka's controversial fast bowler Lasith Malinga has been diagnosed with a viral influenza and will sit out the...
Apple Opens First Store In Taiwan
Apple opened its first store in Taiwan on Saturday with more than a thousand shoppers flocking to the site located in...
New WHO Director From Ethiopia Begins Work
The new director general of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom, took over managing the UN health agency on...
Late Farrell Kick Secures Win Over All Blacks and Keeps Lions…
A late Owen Farrell penalty earned the British and Irish Lions a pulsating 24-21 victory over the 14-man All Blacks on...
England Recall Ballance For First Test Against South Africa
Batsman Gary Ballance has been give a chance to revive his England Test career after being named in the squad for next...
India Launches Tax Revolution Amid Business Doubts
India on Saturday launched its biggest ever fiscal reform with the government promising that a new nationwide tax would...