Articles by Kwame Mensah
Netanyahu Wants To Expel Al-Jazeera For ‘inciting Violence’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late Wednesday he wants to expel Qatari broadcaster Al-Jazeera from...
Former Fiat Chrysler US Exec Indicted In Union Payoff Scheme
A Detroit grand jury on Wednesday indicted a former Fiat Chrysler executive in charge of negotiating US labor...
Tillerson Denies Suggestions He Will Resign
US Secretary of State on Wednesday Rex Tillerson denied suggestions that he plans to resign because of disagreement...
Tunisia Votes To ‘end All Violence’ Against Women
Tunisia's parliament on Wednesday passed a bill designed to "end all violence against women", strengthening protection...
Facebook Profit Jumps As User Ranks Grow
Facebook on Wednesday reported that its quarterly profit leapt 71 percent from a year ago to $3.9 billion as it dished...
US-Backed Syria Force Ousts IS From Half of Raqa
A US-backed alliance has ousted Islamic State group jihadists from half of their Syrian bastion Raqa, a monitor said...
Trump Says Transgender Personnel Barred From US Military
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that transgender people may not serve "in any capacity" in the US military,...
Egypt Sets Up ‘national Council’ To Combat ‘terror’
Egypt has created a "national council" to combat the rise of Islamist "terrorism" which has targeted its security...
Sun, Ledecky Suffer Shock Defeats At Worlds
Chinese superstar Sun Yang and American sensation Katie Ledecky suffered surprise defeats at the world championship on...
Reviving Rare Dvorak Opera and Finding the Present
It was a time of chaos and intrigue in Russia, laden with questions about political legitimacy. So goes the plot of a...
US Federal Reserve Keeps Benchmark Interest Rate Unchanged
The US Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Wednesday but gave no clear signal about the...
German Helicopter Serving With UN Crashes In Mali
A German helicopter with two crew on board crashed in northern Mali on Wednesday in an apparent accident while...
‘Difficult’ Fight For Hezbollah On Lebanon-Syria Border
Surveying the rocky no-man's land on Lebanon's eastern border with Syria, Hezbollah fighters recalled the "difficult"...
Israel-Turkey Fallout Deepens Over Muslim Holy Site
A fallout between Turkey and Israel deepened on Wednesday as the Jewish state hit back at Turkish President Recep...
US Congressman Leaves Hospital Six Weeks After Being Shot
Steve Scalise, the US congressman shot last month by a gunman angry about President Donald Trump, has been released...
US Republicans Jump-Start Health Care 2.0, Outcome Uncertain
Reinvigorated US Senate Republicans on Wednesday resumed their marathon effort to uproot Obamacare, but what their...
UN Pushes DR Congo To Abide By Deal On Elections
The UN Security Council on Wednesday warned that the Democratic Republic of Congo and the region could face further...
Seven Mexicans Among 10 Migrants Dead In Texas Truck
Seven Mexicans were among the 10 migrants who suffocated in an overcrowded, sweltering truck smuggling them into the...
Prayer Mats, Police and Clashes Outside Jerusalem’s Old City
They come every day, spreading out prayer mats in a Jerusalem street under the watchful eyes of Israeli police and...
US Congressman Shot In Baseball Field Attack Leaves Hospital
The 51-year-old US Representative Steve Scalise, seen in 2014, "is in good spirits and is looking forward to his return...