Articles by Kwame Mensah
Music Legend Gregg Allman Dies At 69
Gregg Allman who overcame family tragedy, drug addiction and health problems has died Gregg Allman, a founding member...
Bangladesh Reinstalls Controversial Statue After Outcry
Bangladesh on Sunday reinstalled a controversial statue deemed un-Islamic by religious hardliners on the grounds of the...
Iraqi Troops Push For Last ISIL Holdouts In Mosul
Iraqi forces have launched a broad assault on parts of Mosul, closing in on the remaining pockets of territory held by...
Faced With Ban, Myanmar Hardline Monks Change Name
Myanmar's ultra-nationalist Ma Ba Tha movement announced Sunday it was rebranding under a new name, days after Buddhist...
Trump, Feted and Chided Abroad, Returns To Uncertainty At Home
Trump, feted and chided abroad, returns to uncertainty at home Swinging over the green Ionian sea Saturday, his first...
Co-Pilot In Plane Crash Near Everest Dies of Injuries
The co-pilot of a cargo plane that crashed at a small airport near Mount Everest, killing the pilot, has died from his...
China Says Fighter Jets’ Intercept of US Plane ‘safe’
China on Sunday denied the Pentagon's charge that an encounter between Chinese fighters and a US surveillance plane...
Philippines’ Duterte Vows To Ignore Supreme Court On Martial Law
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he will ignore Supreme Court and congress as he enforces martial law...
Iran Leader Slams Saudis As America’s ‘milking Cow’
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched a fierce attack against regional rival Saudi Arabia, saying it...
Sri Lanka Rushes Aid To Half A Million Flood Victims
Emergency teams rushed to distribute aid Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced after the island's worst...
Government Ready To Mediate In Australia Cricket Pay Row
Sports Minister Greg Hunt said Sunday the federal government was prepared to provide mediation between Cricket...
Trailblazing Woman Football Coach ‘Beef Ball’ Chan Quits
Pioneering female coach Chan Yuen-ting has stepped down a year after making history as the first woman to lead a team...
Highlanders To Test Unbeaten Crusaders In Super Rugby Clash
The Canterbury Crusaders will pitch their unbeaten 13-match run against the in-form Otago Highlanders in an enticing...
Bangladesh Customs Hit Gold Bonanza In Unlikely Places
Bangladesh detectives hit the jackpot when they stopped Mohammad Belal at Chittagong airport carrying some surprising...
Islamist Militants Kill 19 In South Philippines
Islamist militants locked in street-to-street battles with security forces in a southern Philippine city have killed 19...
Media Frenzy As Australian Drug Trafficker Corby Returns Home
Australian Schapelle Corby battled a media storm as she returned home from Bali Sunday 12 years after her conviction...
Myanmar Must Investigate ‘army Beating’ Video
Myanmar authorities must investigate a video showing men in military uniforms viciously beating handcuffed detainees...
Tough Times For S.Africa Town Blighted By Mine Closure
At the end of a narrow road stands the dilapidated husk of a golf clubhouse, now overrun with tall weeds and creepers....
Better Times? Hong Kong’s British Nostalgia Trip
From its rattling trams and racecourses to its legal system and the ubiquitous consumption of Spam, Britain's colonial...
Gregg Allman, Rock Trailblazer, Dies At 69
Rock trailblazer Gregg Allman, a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, has died age 69. Allman died at home in...