Articles by Kwame Mensah
US Existing Home Sales Jump 4.4% In March To 10-Year High
Despite rising prices and tight inventories, sales of US existing homes rebounded in March, surging to the highest rate...
South Africa Bus Crash Kills 20 Children
At least 20 children were killed in a bus crash outside the South African capital Pretoria on Friday, emergency...
Taliban Kill At Least Eight Afghan Soldiers In Base Attack
At least eight Afghan soldiers have been killed and 11 wounded during an ongoing Taliban attack on their base in...
Iran FM Mocks US Claims It Is Violating Nuclear Deal
Iran's foreign minister mocked US President Donald Trump's claim Tehran was "not living up to the spirit" of the...
Kuwaiti Opposition Leader Freed From Prison
Prominent Kuwaiti opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak was released from prison Friday after serving a two-year...
Philippines’ Duterte Tours Russian Warship
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte toured a visiting Russian warship on Friday for the second time in barely four...
Taylor Swift Bigs Up Ed Sheeran For Time Magazine
Can Ed Sheeran do anything wrong? Not in the eyes of BFF Taylor Swift or, you know, Time Magazine. Sheeran has been...
The Career Firebrand Who Went Down In Flames
Bill O'Reilly: the career firebrand who went down in flames The career of Bill O'Reilly at Fox News went up in flames...
Beyonce’s Lemonade Wins Peabody Award
Beyonce’s visual album Lemonade has won a Peabody Award. It was among seven entertainment winners announced by the...
Westminster Attack Prompted Playwright To Consider Rewriting Comedy
The Oscar-winning writer of West End play The Philanthropist contemplated rewriting his 1970 comedy in the wake of last...
Indian Pair Jailed For Recruiting, Fundraising For IS
Two men accused of fundraising and recruiting for the Islamic State group in India were sentenced to seven years in...
‘Assad Blames Ex Al-Qaeda Affiliate For Bombing Evacuees’
Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Friday blamed the country's former Al-Qaeda affiliate for a deadly bombing against...
Trump Launches Investigation Into Steel Dumping
Donald Trump has launched an investigation into countries that export steel to the US, raising the prospect of new...
Arkansas Executes Ledell Lee In First Death Penalty Use In 12 Years
Arkansas executes Ledell Lee in first death penalty use in 12 years Lee was convicted of murder and recently told the...
Real Madrid Face Atletico Madrid, Monaco V Juventus
Real Madrid will face rivals Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League Zinedine Zidane's side could...
Star Wars’ Hamill Goes To Dark Side In Cannes Festival Comedy
Star Wars legend Mark Hamill -- Luke Skywalker in the original trilogy -- goes over to the dark side in a new offbeat...
Qatari Hunting Party Kidnapped In Iraq Freed
A Qatari hunting party kidnapped in southern Iraq in 2015 has been freed and was being handed over to a Qatari...
War-Torn Afghanistan Sets Up Tourism Ministry
The president of war-torn Afghanistan is creating a tourism ministry in a bid to attract visitors to the country...
GE Profitable Again In Q1; Oil Business Still Weak
General Electric swung back to profitability in the first quarter Friday as its aviation and power businesses scored...
Queen Elizabeth 91 Today
The Queen of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II, born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, turns 91 today, Friday 21 April....