Articles by Kwame Mensah
Pressure On Japan’s Swimming Champ Hagino After Loss At Home
Olympic champion Kosuke Hagino faces a fierce challenge from close to home in the 400 metres individual medley at this...
Thais Soak In New Year With Nationwide Water Fight
Hordes of revellers armed with plastic water guns poured onto Thai streets on Friday for a second day of watery warfare...
China Warns of War As N.Korea Vows ‘merciless’ Response To US
China issued a stern warning Friday that a conflict over North Korea could break out "at any moment", as Pyongyang...
Buses Evacuate Hundreds From Four Besieged Syria Towns
Hundreds of civilians and fighters who have been under crippling siege for more than two years left four Syrian towns...
Strong US Dollar A Threat To Trump Campaign Pledges
President Donald Trump takes credit for revitalizing the US economy even though he has not yet been in office for 100...
Former Top General Jailed Over I.Coast Novotel Murders
A court in Ivory Coast has handed a former top general 18 years behind bars in connection with the abduction and murder...
Smoking To Kill 200 Million In China This Century
Smoking-related diseases will claim 200 million lives in China this century and plunge tens of millions into poverty, a...
Assad Comments On Chemical Attack ‘100% Lies’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's comments that last week's chemical weapons attack was a fabrication to justify a US...
Russia Urges ‘restraint’ Over N. Korea Tensions
Russia on Friday called for "restraint" over the situation in North Korea, warning against any "provocative steps"...
Argentinian Transforms NY’s Met Rooftop Into Banquet
An Argentinian sculptor has transformed the roof garden at New York's famed Metropolitan Museum of Art into a fantasy...
Troops Mass In Pyongyang Show of Strength
North Korea's military forces were massed in Pyongyang early Saturday for a show of strength by leader Kim Jong-Un as...
British Woman Stabbed To Death In Jerusalem
A Palestinian man stabbed a British woman to death on Friday near Jerusalem's Old City, where thousands of Jewish and...
‘They Will Kill Me’
Activists feared Friday for the safety of a young Saudi woman they say was returned to the kingdom against her will, in...
Egypt Copts Mark Solemn Good Friday
Egyptian Copts observed a solemn Good Friday with prayers and fasting, as the community reeled from two church bombings...
Egypt Copts Mark Solemn Good Friday
Egyptian Copts observed a solemn Good Friday with prayers and fasting, as the community reeled from two church bombings...
Baby With Eight Limbs Gets New Lease On Life In India
An Iraqi baby born with eight limbs has undergone surgery to remove his extra arms and legs. Karam, seven months, was...
Iran’s Rouhani Registers To Run For Re-Election
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the driving force behind a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, registered on Friday...
Nigeria Marks Third Anniversary of Schoolgirl Kidnap
Nigerians rallied Friday to mark the third anniversary of the mass abduction of 276 schoolgirls by Boko Haram, as their...
N. Korea Army Vows ‘merciless’ Response To US Provocation
North Korea's army on Friday vowed a 'merciless' response to any US provocation, as tensions soar over Pyongyang's...
Rouhani, Hardline Rival Register For Bruising Iran Election
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and hardline challenger Ebrahim Raisi registered on Friday as candidates in next...