Articles by Kwame Mensah
China To Bar Foreign Climbers From Everest’s Tibet Side
China will bar foreigners from climbing the Tibetan side of Mount Everest during the coming autumn season after a...
Politicians Backing Islamist Militants In Philippines
One local politician has been arrested and others are wanted for supporting Islamist militants who have taken over...
Repatriation of Afghans Slowing As Conditions In Pakistan Improve
The number of Afghan refugees in Pakistan returning to their homeland is expected to decrease this year, UN officials...
Trump Asked Me To Let Flynn Investigation Go
Fired FBI Director James Comey aimed a dagger blow at Donald Trump Wednesday, saying the President had demanded his...
Boko Haram Launches Major Attack On Northeast Nigerian City
Suspected Boko Haram fighters attacked the city of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on Wednesday, the Islamist militant...
Thousands Evacuated In South Africa As Storm Fans Fires
Up to ten thousand people were evacuated from their homes as fires continued to ravage South Africa's Western Cape...
Qatar Says State News Agency First Hacked In April
Qatari investigators have said that a cyber attack which saw the publication of explosive fake news last month that...
GCC Nations Issue More Threats Against Qatar
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) threatened to impose an economic embargo against Qatar while Bahrain said "any options"...
Voters To Go To the Polls
Polling stations have opened for people to cast their vote in the UK general election. Polls opened at 07:00 BST at...
Washington On Edge Ahead of Comey Testimony On Trump, Russia Probe
Fired FBI chief James Comey has confirmed that Donald Trump urged him to drop a probe into former national security...
Diego Costa Says He Has Been Told Club Want To Sell Him
Chelsea striker Diego Costa says he has been told by manager Antonio Conte that he is no longer in the club's plans....
An Increasingly Isolated Trump Joins the Battle of His Life
Donald Trump has faced down a litany of scandals in his nearly 71 years, surviving bankruptcy, divorce, lawsuits and...
Super Glitch Strikes Philippine Bank Again
A major Philippine bank shut down online access and its cash machines for a second day Thursday because of a glitch...
Lithuania Warns Russian Drill May Mask Troop Build-Up
Lithuania's defense minister on Wednesday warned that a Russian military exercise later this year may serve as cover...
US Official Backs Clean Energy Cooperation With China
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry called for Sino-US cooperation on clean energy during a visit to Beijing Thursday, a...
Brazil, Argentina Set For Money-Spinning Australia Showdown
Argentina's Superclasico showdown with arch-rivals Brazil is set to pump tens of millions of dollars into the...
Rescuers Pull Bodies From Plane Wreck In Myanmar Sea
Myanmar search and rescue teams were pulling dead bodies from the sea off the country's southern coast Thursday after a...
Iran Says Trump Reaction To Attacks ‘repugnant’
Iran denounced Donald Trump's reaction to deadly Islamic State group attacks in Tehran as "repugnant" on Thursday after...
All Blacks Coach Praises Lions Despite Slow Start To Tour
New Zealand coach Steve Hansen on Thursday said he was expecting the "kitchen sink" from the British and Irish Lions --...
Argentina’s Sampaoli Banking On Messi For World Cup Revival
New manager Jorge Sampaoli says he is looking to superstar Lionel Messi to revive Argentina's World Cup fortunes...