Articles by Kwame Mensah
Spain Policewoman In Row Over Period Toilet Break
She was in a patrol car in Barcelona on 8 March A Spanish policewoman reprimanded for briefly abandoning duty during...
United Passenger Dragged Off Overbooked Flight
United Airlines found itself in the middle of a social media storm on Monday, after the US carrier forcefully removed a...
Morocco Jails Man For Throwing Himself At King’s Car
A Moroccan court sentenced a man to three years in jail for trying to throw himself on King Mohammed VI's car to give...
Spain Mourns First Female Defence Minister Carme Chacon
Spain is mourning Carme Chacón, the former defence minister who died on Sunday and was famously photographed in 2008...
Lawyer Says Everton’s Ross Barkley Was Victim of Unprovoked Attack
Everton midfielder Ross Barkley was the victim of an "unprovoked attack" in a Liverpool bar, his lawyer has said. CCTV...
Neymar Will Miss the El Clasico
After applauding the fourth official at the Malaga v Barcelona game on Saturday night, after receiving a red card,...
Sanogo Nets 19-Minute Hat-Trick
The French forward has become something of a forgotten man, with his last competitive appearance coming almost 12...
Granada Announce Arsenal Legend Tony Adams As Boss
Liga strugglers Granada have announced Tony Adams as their new head coach until the end of the season. It’s the...
Southern EU Leaders Say US Strike On Syria ‘understandable’
The leaders of southern EU nations said Monday that a US missile strike on a Syrian air base in retaliation for a...
UN Chief Pushes Change In Trump-Era Turmoil
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres marks his first 100 days in office on Monday, facing a long list of worsening...
Deadly Fighting Erupts In South Sudan’s Second City
Deadly fighting erupted, with civilians killed along ethnic lines and thousands displaced in clashes Monday between...
Syrian Teen Sentenced In Germany Over Bomb Plot
A 16-year-old Syrian refugee was convicted in Germany Monday of planning a bomb attack on behalf of the Islamic State...
Egypt Under Emergency Rule After Church Attacks
Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn 45 Egyptian Christians killed in jihadist bombings just a week before Easter, after...
‘IS’ Rocket Fired From Egypt Hits Israel, Crossing Shut
A rocket fired from Egypt's Sinai crashed into Israel on Monday, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist...
Kuwait, Oman Agree To Build Oil Refinery
Oman Oil Company and Kuwait Petroleum International signed Monday an agreement to build a refinery worth around $7...
Edward Enninful Confirmed As New British Vogue Editor
Edward Enninful has been named the new editor of British Vogue. He becomes the first black male editor of the magazine,...
Ugandan Academic Charged Over Museveni ‘buttocks’ Jibe
A prominent female academic and activist was charged on Monday with cyber-harassment for calling President Yoweri...
Tesla Overtakes General Motors In Market Value
Tesla Motors overtook top US automaker General Motors in market capitalization Monday following an upbeat report by an...
Japan’s Former World Champ Asada Retires
Japan's former world champion Mao Asada retired from figure skating Monday in a bombshell announcement, citing a lack...
Gorsuch Sworn In As US Supreme Court Justice
Neil Gorsuch was sworn in Monday as the US Supreme Court's ninth justice, retilting the bench to the right as he filled...