Articles by Kwame Mensah
2,100 Iran Fighters Killed In Iraq, Syria
More than 2,000 fighters sent from Iran have been killed in Iraq and Syria, the head of Iran's veterans' affairs office...
Thai Army To Drop Charges Over Torture Report
Thailand's army said Tuesday it would drop a defamation case against three human rights workers who alleged that troops...
UN Chief Guterres In Somalia To Discuss Famine Threat
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Somalia Tuesday to discuss a hunger crisis which has pushed the...
Malaysia Says Ready For ‘five-Year’ Stake-Out At N. Korea Embassy
Malaysia will wait to question suspects in the Kim Jong-Nam killing believed to be holed up in Kuala Lumpur's North...
Australia Set 188 As Hazlewood Rips Through India
Pace bowler Josh Hazlewood grabbed six wickets as India dramatically collapsed to 274 all out in their second innings,...
Massive Hong Kong Shark Fin Seizure As Ban Flouted
Hong Kong authorities have seized more than a tonne of shark fins as activists warn traders are sneaking the...
Daring Ambush Fails To Free Top Bangladeshi Militant
Suspected Islamist militants hurled bombs at a prison van in a daring attempt to free Bangladesh's most-wanted militant...
Australia Plays Downs Chance of Sea Patrols With Indonesia
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull Tuesday played down the possibility that Australia and Indonesia would stage joint...
Iraq Says Forces Retake Government HQ, Bridgehead In Mosul
Iraq announced on Tuesday that its forces have retaken the provincial government headquarters and a second bridgehead...
Pressure Mounts On Uber and CEO After Missteps
After a series of embarrassing revelations, ridesharing giant Uber faces challenges in keeping growth on track, with...
‘Hormonal’ Women Need Protecting, Indian Minister Says
Female students need curfews to protect them from their own "hormonal outbursts", India's women's minister has said,...
Learning To Read and Write At India’s ‘school For Grannies’
They wear uniforms, carry satchels and eagerly recite the alphabet in class, but the students here are different --...
San Antonio Edge Houston Rockets In Thrilling NBA Battle
Kawhi Leonard won an epic duel with James Harden as the San Antonio Spurs downed the Houston Rockets 112-110 in a...
Philippines Slams US Drama For President’s Sexual Advance
Manila on Tuesday "strongly protested" an American television drama for showing a fictional Philippine president making...
South Africa Confirm First Test Gamble On Morkel
South Africa will gamble on the fitness of speedster Morne Morkel when the first Test against New Zealand begins in...
North Korea Bans Malaysians From Leaving In Kim Spat
North Korea on Tuesday banned Malaysians from leaving the country, dramatically escalating an already-heated diplomatic...
Full Steam Ahead For South Africa’s Clinic-On-Rails
South Africa's Phelophepa train draws a crowd wherever it goes. The sound of the lumbering 19-car clinic-on-rails...
North Korea Is Training For An Attack On US Bases In Japan
Nuclear-armed North Korea said Tuesday its missile launches were training for a strike on US bases in Japan, as global...
Iguodala, Curry Lead Warriors Past Hawks
Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala weighed in with 24 points each as the Golden State Warriors defeated the Atlanta Hawks...
Gone In 60 Seconds? Bogut Faces NBA Season KO After Leg Break
Andrew Bogut's season with the Cleveland Cavaliers may have lasted less than a minute after the Australian suffered a...