Articles by Kwame Mensah
Nepal, China Begin First-Ever Joint Military Exercises
China and Nepal began their first-ever joint military exercises on Sunday, a move likely to rattle India as Beijing...
Top US Official McMaster Visits Afghanistan After Bomb Attack
US National Security Advisor Gen. H. R McMaster arrived in Kabul on Sunday days after the American military dropped its...
Qatar and Philippines Sign ‘$200m Contracts’
Qatar and the Philippines have signed trade agreements worth $200 million during the final leg of President Rodrigo...
Chinese Fans Fume As Injured Tevez Visits Disneyland
The world's highest-paid footballer, Carlos Tevez, has come under fire from Shanghai Shenhua supporters after being...
Syria Evacuees Bomb Attack Death Toll Rises To 112
The death toll in a suicide car bomb attack on buses carrying Syrians evacuated from two besieged government-held towns...
Musicians Chase Fame On West Africa’s Musical Islands
Every April, the tiny island capital of Cape Verde is taken over for a week by musicians of all stripes, trailing...
Peace Along the Border Despite N. Korean Threats
One soldier enjoys a cigarette, another sits reading quietly on the riverbank: seen from the Chinese side of the...
Saudi Woman Fleeing To Australia Is Forced Back To Kingdom
A young Saudi woman who was seeking asylum in Australia was stopped on a layover in the Philippines and returned to the...
Crusaders March On As Stormers Super Rugby Run Ended
New Zealand's Canterbury Crusaders are the only unbeaten team left in Super Rugby after the Golden Lions ended the...
Indian Metro Probes Porn Screened At Busy Station
Hardcore pornography that flashed onto a giant screen at one of Delhi's busiest metro stations has prompted red-faced...
PNG To Investigate ‘drunk Rampage’ At Australia Refugee Camp
Drunk soldiers "went on a rampage" and fired shots in the air at an Australian asylum-seeker camp in Papua New Guinea,...
Hope Fades For Sri Lanka Missing, Garbage Toll Hits 21
Hopes of finding anyone alive under a collapsed mountain of garbage in Sri Lanka's capital faded Sunday as the death...
Kerr Wins LPGA Lotte Championship
American Cristie Kerr capitalized on a back nine stumble by Jang Su-Yeong to come-from-behind and capture the Lotte...
Modern Life Intrudes On Ethiopia’s Ancient Salt Trade
Every morning, hundreds of men converge on a dry lakebed in a remote corner of Ethiopia, where they cleave the ground...
Amazon, Flipkart Battle In India For E-Commerce’s ‘last Frontier’
With 100 million new internet users every year, Amazon is betting big on India, but a major new investment in homegrown...
The Battle For Mosul
Six months since Iraqi forces launched a vast operation to oust the Islamic State group from second city Mosul, they...
Meet Germany’s Forgotten ‘guest Workers’, From Africa
Long overshadowed by the more numerous and vocal Turkish "guest worker" community, Mozambicans who arrived in Germany...
The Bus Mafia Controlling Nepal’s Smog-Choked Capital
Nepal's government is trying to tackle rising pollution levels in the smog-choked Kathmandu Valley, but standing in the...
Global Carmakers Converge On China As Rare Slowdown Looms
Global carmakers converge on China for the Shanghai auto show this week, with the industry bracing for a sharp sales...
Iraq Forces Make Mosul Gains, But Anti-IS War Far From Over
Iraqi forces made major gains in the six months since launching the operation to retake Mosul, but the battle for...