Articles by Kwame Mensah
Pakistan Slams US Sanctions On Kashmiri Militant
Pakistan Tuesday strongly criticised the US decision to impose sanctions on Syed Salahuddin, senior leader of the...
Dozens Dead In US-Led Strikes On Jihadist-Run Syrian Prison
US-led coalition air strikes killed nearly 60 people at a Syrian prison run by the Islamic State group, a monitor said...
DR Congo To Probe Ex-Minister’s Suspected Role In Kasai Violence
Parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo has authorised the state prosecutor to probe alleged involvement by a...
Wayde van Niekerk Vows To Get ‘ridiculous’ On Ostrava Track
South African track sensation Wayde van Niekerk vowed to get "ridiculous" when he competes in the little-run 300m at...
China Bans Use of Torture, Forced Confessions — Again
Chinese police and prosecutors are banned from using torture to obtain evidence under rules released Tuesday, in the...
China Rejects ‘interference’ As Vatican Raises Bishop Case
China said Tuesday it opposed outside interference after the Vatican reported that one of its bishops in the country...
US Mayors Bypass Trump To Back Paris Climate Goals
President Donald Trump's pullout from the Paris climate accord has triggered a bipartisan push from US mayors to stick...
57 Dead In US-Led Strikes On IS Syria Prison
US-led coalition air strikes on a jail run by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria killed at least 57 people, the...
Fears For Three Myanmar Journalists Taken By Military
Fears were mounting on Tuesday for three Myanmar journalists who are being interrogated by the military after they were...
Chinese Passenger Chucks Coins Into Plane’s Engine For Luck
A superstitious passenger delayed a flight from Shanghai for several hours Tuesday after throwing coins at the plane's...
Two Alpinists Go Missing On Pakistan’s ‘Killer Mountain’
Two alpinists, a Spaniard and an Argentinian, have gone missing while attempting to summit a peak in northern Pakistan...
US President Donald Trump Unpopular Worldwide
US President Donald Trump and his policies are broadly unpopular around the world -- with the notable exceptions of...
Delhi’s Upscale Golf Club Apologises After Dress Row
New Delhi's prestigious colonial-era golf club apologised Tuesday after a woman claimed she had been told to leave the...
From Backwater To Metropolis
Modern-day Hong Kong is best known for its sprawl of skyscrapers, a bustling financial hub off the southern coast of...
Teen Prodigy Awes With Record Japanese Chess Streak
Japan on Tuesday was transfixed by a 14-year-old prodigy who smashed the record for consecutive wins in a chess-like...
$2 Mn Sent To Child of FIFA Member Before 2022 World Cup Award
A sum of $2 million was sent to the 10-year-old daughter of a FIFA official prior to Qatar being awarded the hosting of...
‘Soros Wanted To Topple E.Guinea Leader,’ UK Mercenary Tells Paris…
Former British mercenary Simon Mann, who led a failed 2004 coup in Equatorial Guinea, has accused US billionaire George...
US Wants To Steer Clear of Syrian Civil War
The United States will not be drawn into Syria's civil war, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said, despite an...
EU Cases Against US Firms
The EU's decision to impose the biggest anti-trust fine in its history on Silicon Valley giant Google is the latest in...
China Lowers Number of Missing In Landslide To 73
The number of people missing from a huge landslide that buried a mountain village in southwest China last weekend has...