Articles by Kwame Mensah
Pope Gives Rebel Nigeria Priests Ultimatum Over Bishop
Pope Francis has given church officials in southern Nigeria a 30-day ultimatum to obey him by accepting the nomination...
India’s Modi To Meet President Trump For First Time
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington this month, India's foreign ministry...
Naval Coalition Warns of Risks For Ships Off Yemen
An international naval coalition said Monday it will step up its presence near a strategic shipping lane off Yemen as...
Tunisia Defeat Egypt In Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers
Tunisia captain Youssef Msakni starred in a 1-0 victory over Egypt Monday that completed the first series of qualifiers...
US Gunfire Kills Afghan Father and Sons, Local Officials Say
An Afghan father and his two young children were killed Monday when US troops opened fire after their convoy hit a...
‘Freed’ Kadhafi Son Still Wanted By Libya Court
Libyan authorities said Monday that Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam, reportedly set free by a local militia at the...
Behind the Scenes With America’s Most Violent Gang
A notorious Central American street gang famed for its heavily tattooed members and torturing its victims has now...
Saudi Carrier Seeks To Poach Qatar Airways Crews
A Saudi Arabian airline on Monday tweeted a warm welcome to pilots and staff from Qatar Airways whom it hopes to poach...
Indian State Writes Off Farm Loans To End Protests
A western Indian state has agreed to write off loans to farmers estimated to be worth nearly $5 billion after 11 days...
General Electric Announces Retirement of CEO Jeff Immelt
General Electric on Monday announced the departure of chief executive Jeff Immelt, who had made the risky bet of...
Austrian Veteran Skier Goergl Retires
Elisabeth Goergl of Austria won two World Championship golds, both of them at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 2011, and two...
Uncapped England Quintet Called Up For SA T20 Series
England called up uncapped quintet Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Tom Curran, Mason Crane and Craig Overton on Monday...
Bangladesh Arrests 10 Islamist Extremists As Raids Continue
Bangladesh police Monday widened a sweeping crackdown against Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants,...
Singapore Mother Arrested For Offering To Marry IS Fighter
A 22-year-old Singaporean woman who was planning to go to Syria with her child and marry an Islamic State fighter has...
Down To the River For Youths From Iraq’s Embattled Mosul
With bare tree branches as diving boards, they take off and plunge into Iraq's Khazir River, a rare moment of respite...
Myanmar Anti-Islam Monk Says Barred From Facebook
A Myanmar monk once dubbed the "Buddhist Bin Laden" for his extremist diatribes says he has been banned from using...
Soldier, 3 Assailants Dead In Qaeda Attack On Yemen Army
A soldier was killed and two others were wounded in an Al-Qaeda attack Monday on a checkpoint in Yemen's Hadramawt...
US-Backed Syria Fighters Near Old City of IS-Held Raqa
US-backed Syrian fighters battling the Islamic State group pushed closer to the Old City in the jihadist stronghold of...
Gaza Power Shortage To Worsen As Israel Reduces Supply
Israel will reduce electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip after funding cuts by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, a...
French ‘bikini Killer’ Has Heart Surgery In Nepal
A French serial killer nicknamed the "bikini killer" for a string of murders throughout Asia in the 1970s was...