Articles by Kwame Mensah
Netanyahu Snubs German Foreign Minister In NGO Row
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled talks on Tuesday with Germany's foreign minister in a rare move after the...
Qatar World Cup Workers Get Nutrition Health Checks
As many as 1,000 Qatar World Cup construction workers are receiving health checks as part of a pilot programme agreed...
US Consumer Confidence Declines In April As Optimism Wanes
US consumer confidence retreated in April after two months of records, as optimism about the economy dwindled, the...
Tunisia Parliament Votes To Ease Harsh Drug Law
Tunisia's parliament voted on Tuesday to ease the country's harsh law on drugs, in a move that could see offenders like...
Pakistan Drops Kamran From Champions Trophy Squad
Pakistan's selectors Tuesday dropped opener Kamran Akmal from the 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy to be held in...
US New Home Sales See Fastest Pace In 8 Months
Sales of new homes in the United States forged higher for the third straight month in March, hitting the fastest pace...
Hollande Calls For Unity At Tribute To Slain Officer Jugele
Hollande calls for unity at tribute to slain officer Jugelé The two remaining presidential candidates appeared at...
Man Kills Baby, Take Own Life On Facebook Live
A Thai man filmed himself killing his baby daughter on Facebook Live, before taking his own life, Thai police say. The...
Cambodia Suspends Repatriation Agreement With US
Cambodia told Washington Tuesday it would no longer accept convicted criminals with Cambodian heritage being deported...
Ivanka Forced To Defend Trump At Women’s Summit
Ivanka Trump, making her overseas debut as the US "First Daughter" at a women's summit in Berlin on Tuesday, was forced...
Netanyahu Cancels Meeting With German Minister After Dispute
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled talks on Tuesday with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel after the...
Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales Tackles News With WikiTribune
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is launching a project aimed at reshaping the news media called WikiTribune -- using the...
20 Dead As Boat Capsizes In Senegal
At least 20 people, almost all women, were killed when a wooden boat capsized off Senegal's central coast in a delta...
Iraq Forces In Push To Retake UNESCO-Listed Hatra
Iraqi forces on Tuesday launched a fresh push southwest of Mosul to retake the Hatra area, which includes a UN-listed...
Coca-Cola Profits Fall As It Adds New Non-Soda Drinks
Coca-Cola reported lower earnings Tuesday on restructuring costs and flat volumes as it touts new low-sugar beverages...
Uncatchable, Brutal Rebel Chief
Brutal rebel commander Joseph Kony has sowed terror across four African nations for three decades, even evading capture...
Court Jails Indian Fugitive Gangster For Seven Years
Indian gangster Chhota Rajan was jailed for seven years on Tuesday for passport fraud, the first prison term handed to...
Israel Appoints Country’s First Female Sharia Judge
Israel appointed its first female judge in its Muslim sharia court system on Tuesday, officials said, a move hailed as...
After Six Years, US Troops End Hunt For LRA Warlord Kony
US special forces on Wednesday begin pulling out of Central African Republic where they deployed in 2011 to help hunt...
Foreign Extremists Killed In Philippine Clash
The Philippine military said Tuesday it had killed almost 40 militants loyal to the Islamic State group, including...