Articles by Kwame Mensah
US Sanctions Vote ‘hostile’, Says Top Iran Negotiator
Iran's top nuclear negotiator said on Wednesday that new sanctions approved by the US House of Representatives were "a...
India’s Dhawan Dominates In First Sri Lanka Test
Opener Shikhar Dhawan hit an unbeaten 64 to give India a steady start on the first day of the opening Test against Sri...
Chinese Olympic Diving Champion He Zi Retires At 26
Chinese Olympic diving champion He Zi has reluctantly retired aged 26 citing a nagging foot injury and her joy at...
US Inmate To Be First Executed In Ohio In Three Years
The US state of Ohio planned to execute its first prisoner in more than three years Wednesday, putting to death a man...
Woman Held In Japan Over Claim She Wrecked Ex’s 54…
A woman has been arrested in Japan on suspicion of destroying 54 violins and 70 bows worth around $950,000 that were...
Sri Lanka Deploys Troops Amid Oil Workers Strike
Sri Lanka deployed troops and police to distribute fuel Wednesday as striking petroleum workers protested over plans to...
A Darling of Pop Culture, But Not Museums
Jean-Michel Basquiat enjoys a stratospheric following -- earlier this year, a 1982 oil painting by the late 20th...
Fire, Smoke and Metal At North Korea Steel Plant
A crane moves a giant bucket brimming with 40 tonnes of molten steel towards a gangway in North Korea's Chollima Steel...
Mumbai Building Collapse Death Toll Rises To 17
Rescuers stepped up a desperate bid Wednesday to find victims buried under the rubble of a collapsed building in Mumbai...
Hong Kong Maids Lured By Islamic State Recruiters
Indonesian maids working in Hong Kong are being radicalised by extremists from the Islamic State group, a security...
Britain Makes Pitch For Massive Australia Warship Contract
Britain's defence secretary Wednesday made a strong push to build Australia's next fleet of warships, saying the...
Motorsports Boom In China
Trailing enormous plumes of dust, the Silk Way rally cars tore through the Gobi Desert bound for China's Imperial city...
EU Court To Rule On Hamas Terror Listing
The EU's top court rules Wednesday on whether Islamist movement Hamas should be taken off the bloc's terror black list,...
Vietnam’s Dissident Footballers Take Aim At Politics
A group of old pals trot onto the pitch for what looks like an ordinary football match in Vietnam. But it is actually a...
Off Namibia, An Underwater Diamond Harvest
A vast mechanical monster rises from the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Namibia, leaving a huge swell in its wake as...
White House Hails Israel For Removing Holy Site Metal Detectors
The White House welcomed Israel's decision to remove metal detectors from a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site on...
Rwanda Targets High-End Tourist Market
Nicaraguan singer Hernaldo Zuniga brought his entire family to trek through the lush forests and mist-shrouded...
Quirky US-French Museum To Offer Night On Orient Express
Visitors to a quirky rail museum in France's Burgundy region, the brainchild of US entrepreneur Gregory Marshall, will...
Roma Withstand Tottenham Fightback In 3-2 Friendly Win
Roma withstood a dramatic, late Tottenham comeback to send the Premier League team to their first defeat of this...
Myanmar’s Rohingya Abandoned After Rapes
Rohingya Muslim Ayamar Bagon has lived on handouts since her husband left her after she told him she was gang-raped by...