Articles by Kwame Mensah
India Gets New President From Bottom of Hindu Caste System
Ram Nath Kovind was elected India's new president Thursday, the second time since independence a head of state has been...
Pakistani Taxi App Offers Ride With A Marriage Matchmaker
A Pakistan app-based taxi service has launched an unusual add on, offering passengers the chance to share their ride...
Protesters To Hold Morocco March In Defiance of Ban
Protesters prepared to march in the Moroccan city of Al-Hoceima on Thursday in defiance of a government ban, the latest...
Assailant Tries To Stab Israeli Soldiers In West Bank, Shot Dead
An assailant tried to stab Israeli soldiers south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank on Thursday and was shot dead,...
Parents of US Reporter Missing In Syria Urge Captors To Reach Out
The parents of Austin Tice, a freelance reporter who went missing in Syria nearly five years ago, urged their son's...
Kuwait Expels Iranian Diplomats Over ‘terror’ Cell
Kuwait on Thursday ordered the expulsion of about 15 Iranian diplomats after the emirate's top court convicted a...
Britain’s Johnson Meets High-Tech Robots In Japan
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Thursday shook hands with one of Japan's high-tech robots, a humanoid...
China Orders Tech Firms To Ramp Up Censorship
China has ordered the country's biggest technology firms to immediately "rectify" violations and shut accounts that...
Cooling Sounds Drive Away Heat In Japan
A Japanese traditional wind-chime festival has opened at a Buddhist temple near Tokyo, just in time for the official...
India Says It Has International Backing On China Border Dispute
India's stand in its border dispute with China is supported by other countries, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said...
Boat Refugees To Leave PNG Despite US Uncertainty
Hundreds of refugees being held at a remote Papua New Guinea detention camp will be moved by October despite...
China’s Banned Books Fade From Hong Kong
The annual Hong Kong book fair has always been a source of politically sensitive titles banned in China, but this year...
Nigeria Court Orders Forfeiture of Ex-Oil Minister’s Luxury $37.5m…
A Nigerian court has ordered the temporary forfeiture a $37.5 million property belonging to the country's ex-oil...
Peace Deal Eludes Senegal’s Casamance, 35 Years On
In Senegal's southern Casamance region, new houses dot a landscape once dominated by abandoned ruins full of bullet...
Amid Turning Tide, AIDS Claimed 1 Million Lives In 2016
AIDS claimed a million lives in 2016, almost half the 2005 toll that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic, said a UN...
Thai ‘Red Shirt’ Leader Jailed For Defamation Ahead of Polls
A leader of Thailand's 'Red Shirt' movement was jailed Thursday for defaming an ex-prime minister, sidelining a key...
Philippines Eyes Opening Telecoms To Foreign Control
Limits on foreign ownership of the Philippine telecom industry should be lifted to attract investment and improve its...
Trump Insists His ‘secret’ Meeting Putin Was Just ‘pleasantries’
President Donald Trump downplayed his second, undisclosed meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday,...
Bus Crash Kills 28 In Northern India
At least 28 people were killed Thursday after a bus plunged into a deep gorge in a Himalayan region of northern India...
Malaysia Pulls Plug On ‘Despacito’ Song Over Sexual Lyrics
Muslim-majority Malaysia has stopped playing the sexually charged song "Despacito" on public broadcast stations, a...