Articles by Kwame Mensah
Three Explosions Rock Funeral of Kabul Protester
Explosions Saturday rocked the funeral ceremony of an Afghan man killed during protests over the worsening security...
Anti-Terror Agency Raids Homes of Kashmir Separatists
India's anti-terrorism agency Saturday searched the homes of separatist leaders in restive Kashmir as part of an...
Tense Kabul Under Lockdown After Deadly Protest Clashes
Kabul city was on lockdown Saturday with armed checkpoints and armoured vehicles patrolling the streets to prevent a...
Bahrain Minister Briefly Hacked After Qatar Cyber Attack
Hackers temporarily took over the Twitter account of the Bahraini foreign minister on Saturday, just 10 days after a...
US-Backed Force Advances West of IS Syria Bastion Raqa
A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance has seized new territory west of the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa,...
Lorde Returns To Find ‘Perfect Places’ At New York Festival
A newly grown-up Lorde sang of the despair that can creep up on sticky summer nights as she premiered a polished new...
Toyota Ends Electric-Car Ties With Tesla
Toyota has terminated its tie-up with Tesla and stepped up efforts to develop electric vehicles by itself, a newspaper...
Sri Lanka Targets Unauthorised Builders After Monsoon Deaths
Sri Lanka announced plans Saturday to prosecute a slew of companies and individuals behind illegal construction...
California Plots To Fight ‘AWOl’ Trump On Climate
California stands poised to fill the US leadership vacuum in the battle against climate change, analysts say, as the...
Malaysia Offers Up To $1,000 For Best ‘gay Prevention’ Video
The Malaysian government is offering cash prizes of up to $1,000 for the best videos explaining how to "prevent"...
Joint Patrols Off Mindanao To Fight Militants
Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia will launch joint patrols in waters off the Mindanao region this month to...
Hunt the Hero As Crusaders Escape In Super Rugby Nail-Biter
A sensational 45-metre Mitchell Hunt drop goal three minutes into injury time gave the Canterbury Crusaders a 25-22 win...
Bilingual Education In US In Its Infancy, But Growing
"Brazil, with a 'z' or an 's'?" asks a girl. "In Spanish, it's with an 's,' in English with a 'z,'" another kid...
Dozens Flee Islamist Gunmen In War-Torn Philippine City
Dozens of people ran to freedom through a terrifying gauntlet of military air strikes and Islamist gunmen Saturday,...
Philippine Authorities Search For Clues On Casino Gunman’s Identity
Philippine authorities said Saturday they still did not know the identity of the gunman who killed 37 people when he...
Dodgers Pitcher Kershaw Joins 2,000 Strikeout Club
Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers throws his 2,000th career strike out during the third inning of their game...
Court Frees Daughter of S. Korea ‘Rasputin’
The daughter of South Korea's "Rasputin", whose lavish lifestyle in Europe saw her caught up in the country's...
Billions Spent On Settlers Since Israel Captured West Bank
Successive Israeli governments have invested billions of dollars over the past 50 years on settlements in the occupied...
Mattis Praises, Criticises China On N. Korea and South China Sea
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Saturday that North Korea posed a global threat and praised China's efforts to influence...
Lesotho Prepares For Restive Coalition In Latest Vote
Voters in the small southern African kingdom of Lesotho go to polls Saturday in an election widely expected to lead to...