Articles by Kwame Mensah
UN Climate Talks Wrap Up Under Threat of US Exodus
UN climate negotiations conclude in Bonn on Thursday with delegates putting on a brave face despite the threat of an...
US Sticking By Iran Nuclear Deal Is Good News For Rouhani
The US decision to stick by the nuclear deal with Iran, despite new sanctions on its missile programme, provided...
UN Says Struggling To Cope With Mosul Exodus
The exodus of civilians from the battleground city of Mosul has reached an unprecedented level, leaving aid agencies...
Grunge Rock Icon Chris Cornell Dies At 52
Singer Chris Cornell, the grunge rock pioneer and lead singer of the group Soundgarden, has died after performing with...
China Urges S.Korea To ‘remove Obstacles’ To Good Ties
China's foreign minister urged South Korea's new government on Thursday to remove "obstacles" to good relations amid...
On Mosul Front, Iraqi Forces Come As Civilians Go
The black Humvee slaloming between car bomb carcasses and mortar craters stops to let fleeing civilians cross and then...
Turkey Says Will ‘not Beg’ Germany To Stay At NATO Base
Turkey on Thursday hit back at German threats to pull its troops out of a key NATO base on its soil, saying it would...
US Officer Cleared In Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Black Man
A white police officer in the southern city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been acquitted of manslaughter in the fatal...
Plastic Surgeons For S.Korea’s Park Convicted
Two plastic surgeons who treated ousted South Korean president Park Geun-Hye -- including one who injected her with...
US Presses Idea of NATO Taking Over Training of Iraq Troops
The top US military commander floated the idea late Wednesday of NATO assuming some responsibility for training troops...
Turkey Calls For Ouster of US Envoy For Anti-IS Coalition
Turkey called Thursday for the removal of the US diplomat coordinating the international coalition fighting the Islamic...
Hackers Steal 17 Million Users’ Data From Indian Restaurant App Zomato
Indian largest restaurant and food delivery app Zomato announced Thursday that the data of 17 million users had been...
Indian Star Irrfan Khan In New Film About Pakistani Affair
Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia is to make a film about a disastrous adulterous affair among the Pakistani elite...
India’s Army To Get First Howitzers In Three Decades
India will shortly take delivery of two M-777 ultra-light howitzers, manufacturer BAE Systems said Thursday, the...
S.Korea, Japan Seek To Lower Tensions Over ‘comfort Women’
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with a senior South Korean envoy on Thursday, as the two countries try to lower...
Taiwan Man Arrested Over Public Beheading of Sister
A Taiwanese man was arrested Thursday for decapitating his sister in front of horrified neighbours, a week after...
EU Fines Facebook 110 Mn Euros Over ‘misleading’ Info In WhatsApp…
The European Commission on Thursday fined US social media giant Facebook 110 million euros ($120 million) for providing...
Snowden Lashes Out At Hong Kong For Rejecting Refugees
Fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden hit back at the Hong Kong government Thursday for rejecting the protection bids...
Philippines Rejects ‘interfering’ European Aid
The Philippines said Thursday it would refuse European Union grants that "interfered" with its internal affairs,...
India’s Environment Minister Dies At 60
India's environment minister Anil Madhav Dave died Thursday at the age of 60 in New Delhi, shocking colleagues who...