Articles by Kwame Mensah
Indian Teenager Tops Exams, Eschews College To Become Monk
An Indian teenager who topped his state in his final exams renounced worldly pleasures and committed to the austere...
Zambia Opposition Leader Faces High Court Treason Trial
Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema will face a High Court trial over treason charges and remain in police...
Myanmar Bars Rakhine Documentary From Film Festival
Myanmar's censors have barred a documentary on festering religious tensions between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in...
India Police Arrest Two For Killing Baby, Raping Mother
Indian police said Thursday they have arrested two more men for gang-raping a woman and killing her baby daughter by...
Clutch Warriors Win Had Roots In Heartbreaking NBA Finals Loss
From clutch heroics to poise under pressure, the Golden State Warriors used lessons learned in last year's heartbreaker...
Zimbabwe Bus Crash ‘kills 43’
A bus accident in Zimbabwe has killed 43 people after the driver lost control and rammed into a tree, police said...
When IS Group Reign Ends, Who Will Rule Syria’s Raqa?
The battle by US-backed forces to oust the Islamic State group from its Syrian bastion of Raqa will solve one problem...
Five Iranian Attackers Were In Mosul, Raqa With IS
The five men who carried out twin attacks in Tehran were Iranians who joined the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria...
UN Reports Fresh IS Killings, Air Strike Deaths In Mosul
The UN rights office said Thursday it has credible reports that the Islamic State group has killed more than 230...
AI Gets So-So Grade In Chinese University Entrance Exam
An AI machine has taken the maths section of China's annual university entrance exam, finishing it faster than students...
Death For Nine Filipinos Over 2013 Malaysia Invasion
Nine Filipinos who were part of an armed group that invaded and occupied part of Malaysian Borneo in 2013, in an...
Indians Swallow Live Fish For Asthma
More than 5,000 Indians have lined up in the country's south, pinching their noses and sticking their tongues out to...
Fierce Clashes As US-Backed Force Battles IS In Syria’s Raqa
US-backed fighters fought fierce battles Thursday as they tried to push further into the Islamic State group's Syrian...
Kabul Voices Alarm As Anti-Govt Protesters Expand Sit-In Camps
Afghan authorities warned anti-government protesters of legal action Thursday as demonstrators set up new sit-in camps...
Bangladesh Cricketer Admits To Second Wife
A top Bangladeshi cricketer is embroiled in a scandal after revealing he had secretly married a woman who filed a case...
Israel Advances Plans For Further 1,500 Settler Homes
Israel has advanced plans for a further 1,500 homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Peace Now said on...
Puerto Rico, A US Cousin, Mulls Its Status and Identity
"How pretty is the flag, is the flag of Puerto Rico!" The salsa lyric blasts out of a little ice cream stand outside...
Haka Creator Defends ‘throat-Cut’ Gesture
The composer of the Auckland Blues' haka defended the war dance Thursday after critics complained it included a...
DR Congo Snubs UN Warning On Probe Into Kasai Violence
DR Congo authorities on Thursday rebuffed a UN warning to launch an international probe into violence in the central...
Next Round of Astana Syria Talks Delayed
Russian-backed peace talks on Syria in Astana have been pushed back, Kazakhstan's foreign ministry said Thursday, as...