Articles by Kwame Mensah
Qatar Says Saudi-Led Demands Not ‘reasonable’
Qatar said Saturday that a 13-point list of demands made by Saudi Arabia and its allies impinged on its sovereignty and...
S. Koreans March To Protest US Missile Defence System
Thousands of protesters marched near the US embassy in Seoul on Saturday, accusing President Donald Trump of "forcing"...
Vietnam Detains Blogger For Deportation
A French-Vietnamese dissident blogger has been detained in Vietnam for deportation, his wife told AFP Saturday, just...
Kurdish Designers Bring Fight With IS To Paris Catwalk
Dilan Lurr and his sister Lezan often ask themselves where would they be now if their parents had not left Iraq when...
Ioane Double As All Blacks Maul British and Irish Lions
Rieko Ioane scored two second-half tries as the world champion All Blacks stamped their authority with a 30-15 victory...
Hundreds Celebrate ‘mud People’ Festival In the Philippines
Hundreds of devotees walked to a muddy field at dawn and covered themselves from head to toe with mud and dried banana...
Iran, Qatar Voice Support For Saudi After Mecca Suicide Bombing
Both Iran and Qatar on Saturday voiced support for Saudi Arabia over a suicide bombing near Islam's holiest site in...
Ireland Beat Japan 35-13 To Complete Tour Whitewash
Ireland overpowered Japan 35-13 on Saturday to finish with a perfect record in their three-game summer tour of the...
Tens of Thousands Stranded By Sri Lanka Doctors’ Strike
Tens of thousands of patients have been left in the lurch by a doctor-led strike at Sri Lanka's state-run hospitals, a...
Mongolian Voters Weigh Love-Hate Relationship With China
The waving flags, triumphant song and rousing speeches of a Mongolian presidential campaign rally were interrupted by a...
Australia Score Late Tries To See Off Italy In Brisbane Test
Australia scored two late tries as they survived a fightback from Italy to win 40-27 on Saturday and avoid a second...
South Africa Confronts Apartheid-Era Custody Deaths
The brutal death of anti-apartheid campaigner Ahmed Timol was allowed to go quietly unsolved in the interests of South...
US Wanted Terror Leader May Have Fled Philippine City
One of America's most wanted terrorists may have escaped a five-week battle with Islamist militants in a southern...
WTF? World Taekwondo Federation Rebrands Over Acronym
The World Taekwondo Federation has changed its name to World Taekwondo after becoming uncomfortable with the "negative...
Japan Media Mourns Death of Cancer-Fighting Newsreader Mao Kobayashi
The death of a former newsreader who won acclaim for blogging about her breast cancer fight hit the headlines Saturday...
India Mob Kills Muslim Teen In Beef Row, One Arrested
Indian police on Saturday said one person has been arrested after a mob stabbed a Muslim teenager to death on suspicion...
Obama Kicks Off Tropical Holiday In Indonesia
Barack Obama kicked off a 10-day family holiday in Indonesia that will take in Bali and Jakarta, the city where he...
Japan’s Tanaka Gets Better of Darvish In MLB Clash
Masahiro Tanaka pitched eight scoreless innings and Yu Davish fanned 10 batters as the New York Yankees beat Texas 2-1...
Second North Korean Soldier Defects To South In A Month
A North Korean soldier defected to the South after crossing the heavily fortified border, a defence ministry spokesman...
Landslide Buries 100 People Alive In Southwest China
Rescuers scoured through rocks on Saturday in a frantic search for more than 140 people feared buried after a landslide...