Articles by Kwame Mensah
Nigeria Seizes $43 Million Cash Stash In Lagos House
Nigeria's anti-graft agency seized over $43 million in cash during a raid on a Lagos apartment in what it hailed as a...
Chain of Events After Suspected Syria Chemical Attack
A suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in Syria's Idlib province on April 4 killed dozens of people. Western...
India’s Party Mecca Goa Bans Late Night Raves In Crackdown
India's tourist mecca Goa is pulling the plug on its legendary all-night dance parties as the local government tries to...
Fire At Senegal Religious Retreat Kills 22
A fire tore through makeshift straw shelters at a Muslim religious retreat in Senegal, killing at least 22 people and...
US Wholesale Prices Dip In March But Annual Gain Strongest In 5 Years
US wholesale inflation fell slightly in March but the annual measure hit its fastest pace in five years, the Labor...
Trump Says ‘things Will Work Out Fine’ With Russia
US President Donald Trump expressed confidence Thursday that US-Russian relations will "work out fine" after icy...
Syria’s Assad Says Chemical Attack ‘100% Fabrication’
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has accused the West of fabricating a suspected chemical weapons attack that prompted...
Syria’s Assad, Hated By the West But Defended By Russia
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has denied ordering last week's suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town,...
Misdirected Coalition Strike Kills 18 Partner Forces In Syria
A coalition air strike accidentally killed 18 members of a US-backed Arab-Kurdish alliance fighting the Islamic State...
Australia Storm To World Cycling Team Pursuit Gold
Australia fell short of a new world record but took gold with ease as they smashed New Zealand to claim their second...
France, Japan Aim To Land Probe On Mars Moon
France and Japan want to recover pieces of a Martian Moon and bring them back to Earth, the head of France's National...
Assad Brands Chemical Weapon Claims ‘100 Fabrication’
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, who faces international calls to be tried as a war criminal, has branded claims his...
N.Korea Seeks To Brighten Image With White ‘fairyland’
The penthouse apartments at the top of the tallest tower in Pyongyang's showpiece development offer impressive views,...
Syria’s Assad Says Chemical Attack ‘100 Percent Fabrication’
A handout picture released by the Syrian presidency's press office shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during an...
Filipino Expats In Gulf Look To Hardman Duterte
With more than a million Filipino workers spread across Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar, it is small wonder that...
Filipino Catholics Perform Gruesome Religious Rituals On the Streets
Whipping their backs until they pour blood then nailing themselves to crosses, these are the Filipino Catholics who...
Coppola, Haneke, Haynes Films In Lineup For Cannes
Sofia Coppola's Civil War thriller "The Beguiled" starring Nicole Kidman and "Happy End" by Austria's Michael Haneke...
JPMorgan Chase Reports Higher Profits On Strong Trading
JPMorgan Chase reported higher first-quarter profits Thursday, driven by a strong performance in its corporate and...
Diarrhoea Kills More Than 500 In Somalia Since January
Cholera and acute diarrhoea have killed more than 500 people and left tens of thousands of others sick in drought-hit...
Jews Hold Mass Passover Blessing At Western Wall
Tens of thousands of Jews congregated at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Thursday for a mass priestly blessing on...