Articles by Kwame Mensah
Fugitive Mexico Ex-Governor Arrested
Police in Italy have arrested the former governor of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, Tomás Yarrington, 59. Mr...
British DJ To Perform World’s Highest Gig On Everest
Influential British DJ Paul Oakenfold has reached Mount Everest's base camp where he plans to host the "highest party...
Spain Mourns First Woman Defence Minister Carme Chacon
Spain is mourning Carme Chacón, the former defence minister who died on Sunday and was famously photographed in 2008...
Pakistan To Execute Indian ‘spy’
Pakistan will execute an Indian man arrested in the southwestern province of Balochistan last year who officials claim...
Egypt Set For Emergency Rule After Church Attacks
Egypt prepared to impose a state of emergency Monday after jihadist bombings killed dozens at two churches in the...
Four Killed In Kashmir Firefight Near Border With Pakistan
The Indian army said Monday its soldiers killed four suspected rebels who attempted to cross into the...
Eight Killed In Clashes During By-Election In Kashmir Violence
Eight people have been killed and scores injured after police clashed with protesters during a by-election in...
A Guy Was Turned Down By His Prom Date So He Took Kylie Jenner
To literally everyone's surprise, Kylie got all glammed up, and actually crashed the prom Prom is taken incredibly...
City Regulators Investigate Barclays Boss Jes Staley
Jes Staley, the chief executive of Barclays, will lose his annual bonus after two regulators opened an investigation...
Iran’s Rouhani Defends Economic Record Ahead of Election
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani defended his economic record in a press conference on Monday but stopped short of...
S. Korea Prepares Grim Search For Sewol Ferry Remains
Salvage workers are set to begin the grim and dangerous task of searching the wreck of South Korea's Sewol ferry, the...
Several Dead In Attack On Mogadishu Army Camp
A suicide bomber detonated his vest inside a military training camp in Mogadishu on Monday, a day after an attack on...
Main Southern Thai Insurgent Group Rejects Army Peace Plan
The most prominent insurgent group in Thailand's south rejected the military's peace plan in a rare statement on...
Beijing Offers Big Bucks For Foreign Spy Tip-Offs
Budding Chinese sleuths could start stalking foreigners as suspected spies in Beijing after authorities in the city on...
China Envoy Holds North Korea Nuclear Talks As US Mulls Options
China's top nuclear envoy arrived in Seoul Monday for talks on the North Korean threat, as the US sent a naval strike...
Hungry S.Sudanese ‘eat Leaves and Seeds To Survive’
South Sudanese villagers are eating leaves from trees and precious seed stocks as food runs out in areas where famine...
Indonesian Men Face Caning For Gay Sex
Indonesia's Aceh looks set to cane two men who admitted having sex in contravention of Islamic laws, an official said...
New Evidence On Oil Payments
The BBC has seen evidence that top executives at Shell knew money paid to the Nigerian government for a vast oil field...
Maldives Opposition In New Bid To Take Control of Parliament
Maldives opposition parties said on Monday they would launch a fresh bid to seize control of parliament by impeaching...
Indian Police Arrest Mastermind Behind US Tax Scam
Indian police have arrested the alleged mastermind of a multi-million dollar racket in which callers posing as US...