Articles by Kwame Mensah
UPS Fined $247 Mn For Illegal Cigarette Shipments
A US judge ordered the American shipping giant UPS to pay $247 million to New York state and city governments, for...
Major Attacks On Mideast Christians
Friday's attack on a bus carrying Egyptian Copts, which killed at least 28 people, was the latest in a wave of...
Britain Arrests ‘large Part’ of Manchester Attack Network
Britain has arrested a "large part" of the network behind Manchester's suicide bomb attack, police said on Friday, as...
UN Fears Gaza Energy Crisis Could Spark Fresh Violence
The United Nations warned Friday that an energy crisis in the Gaza Strip was severely affecting water supplies and...
Improvisation A ‘way of Life’
For star trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf, famed for his award-winning film soundtracks and jazz-inspired mixing of eastern...
Fractious Politics Leads ‘Far Cry’ Video Game To US
The latest edition of the blockbuster shooter video game "Far Cry" plays out on US soil, inspired by angry political...
Thousands of Migrants Trying To Reach Europe
At least 20 boats carrying thousands of migrants on their way to Italy were spotted on Friday off the coast of the...
US-Led Syria Strike Kills Scores of Relatives of IS Fighters
Dozens of relatives of Islamic State fighters were killed on Friday in new US-led strikes on Syria, just hours after...
Gold Star Dad, Trump Critic To Publish Children’s Book
The Pakistani American father of a soldier killed in Iraq who eviscerated Donald Trump during last year's election...
What We Know About the Manchester Attacker’s Bomb
Manchester suicide bomber Salem Abedi used a powerful explosive device that was painstakingly assembled -- likely with...
Philippines’ Duterte Makes Rape Joke For Martial Law Troops
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte joked Friday that soldiers could rape up to three women, as he reassured them of...
FIFA Admits North Koreans Helped Build World Cup Venue
Football's world governing body FIFA said Friday it had evidence that North Korean workers had been employed on 2018...
Rate of US Alzheimer’s Deaths Jumped 55% In Just 15 Years, Data Reveal
Deaths from Alzheimer's in America have soared 55 percent since 1999, as the burden of this fatal form of dementia...
In Moral ‘crusade’, Burundi Forces Unwed Couples To Marry
Unmarried couples have until the end of the year to legalise their relationships, the Burundi government said Friday,...
26 Killed In Fresh Attack On Egypt Christians
Masked gunmen attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians on a visit to a monastery south of the Egyptian capital on...
Turkey Seeks Arrest of NBA Star Kanter
Turkey issued an arrest warrant on Friday for Turkish NBA star Enes Kanter, accusing him of being a member of a "terror...
New York Exhibition Fetes 70 Years of Magnum Photos
An exhibition spanning the second half of the 20th century and celebrating the last 70 years of the oldest photographic...
New US-Led Syria Strike Kills 80 Relatives of IS Fighters
A US-led coalition air strike on the eastern Syrian town of Mayadeen early Friday killed at least 80 relatives of...
US First-Quarter Growth Revised Up Sharply To 1.2%
The US economy grew much faster than originally reported in the first quarter due to sharp increases in business and...
Jayawardene Named Coach of Bangladesh League Team
Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene was Friday named as the head coach of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)...