Articles by Kwame Mensah
Slain Journalists Honored As Dangers To Press Highlighted
Fourteen journalists killed in the line of duty in 2016 were honored Monday at a Washington museum ceremony...
Saudi Shuts Al-Jazeera Office In Qatar Row
Saudi Arabia on Monday shut the local office of Qatar's Al-Jazeera global news channel after the kingdom and other Arab...
SpaceX’s First Recycled Dragon Arrives At Space Station
SpaceX's first-ever recycled spaceship arrived Monday at the International Space Station, two days after the unmanned...
Disgruntled Employee Kills Five In Florida, Takes Own Life
A man who had been fired in April from his job at a Florida company opened fire Monday at the Orlando business, killing...
Trump Renews Twitter Attack On London’s Mayor
US President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan Monday, in the second such condemnation in...
Up To 100,000 Children At Risk In Iraq’s Mosul
Up to 100,000 children are in danger as Iraqi forces battle to retake west Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group,...
China Rights Lawyer Charged With Subversion
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer who disappeared late last year has been officially charged with "subversion of...
Saudi, UAE Seize Chance To Isolate Qatar
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, emboldened by US President Donald Trump's new approach to the region, have...
SpaceX’s First Recycled Dragon Arrives At Space Station
SpaceX's first-ever recycled spaceship arrived Monday at the International Space Station, two days after the unmanned...
Observers Dub Lesotho Polls ‘largely Peaceful’
Foreign observers on Monday described Lesotho's weekend election as "largely peaceful" despite the shock deployment of...
Iran Urges ‘dialogue’ To Resolve Gulf Row Over Qatar
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday urged Qatar and neighbouring Gulf Arab countries that have...
Turkey Stands Firm Over Ban On German Visits To Incirlik Base
Turkey and Germany on Monday failed to reach an agreement over visits by German politicians to a key airbase used for...
Bill Cosby Goes On Trial For Sexual Assault
Bill Cosby goes on trial Monday, accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his Philadelphia mansion 13...
Research Questions Whether Israel Considered 1967 Atomic Blast
Research suggesting Israel may have considered detonating an atomic device on the eve of the Six-Day War 50 years ago...
Unbeaten Warriors Living Up To NBA ‘Superteam’ Label
Two wins from completing the first unbeaten playoff championship run in NBA history, the Golden State Warriors are...
Kabul To Host Peace Summit After Week of Deadly Violence
Kabul will host a multinational peace conference on Afghanistan Tuesday, as the capital reels from a wave of bombings...
Gulf Crisis Could Hit Qatar 2022
The diplomatic crisis sweeping the Gulf could invigorate a campaign by critics of Qatar to strip Doha of the 2022 World...
Australian Police Kill Hostage-Taker, Possible Terror Link Probed
Australian police Monday shot dead a man who had taken a woman hostage in a Melbourne apartment and said they were...
West African Troops Extend Gambia Mission For A Year
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it has extended the mandate of its military mission in The...
Duterte Offers Bounties For Militant Chiefs In Philippine City
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte offered large bounties Monday for the leaders of Islamist fighters holding parts...