Articles by Kwame Mensah
China Under Pressure To Free Ailing Nobel Laureate
China faced sustained international pressure on Thursday to let cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo seek...
US Seeks To Renegotiate S.Korea Free Trade Deal
The United States formally declared Thursday it wants to renegotiate its free trade agreement with South Korea, as the...
Suspected Taiwan Drug Smuggler Shot By Indonesia Police
A Taiwanese man caught with a tonne of crystal meth was shot dead by Indonesian police after he tried to escape,...
China’s Uighur Muslims Struggle Under ‘police State’
Worshippers quietly passed through metal detectors as they entered the central mosque in China's far western city of...
China Says Trade With N.Korea Up 10.5% In First Half
China's first-half trade with North Korea rose 10.5 percent year-on-year, Chinese officials said Thursday, as the US...
Corrupt Former FIFA Official Chuck Blazer Dead
Former top football official Chuck Blazer, whose evidence to US investigators helped trigger the FIFA corruption...
South African ‘political’ Murderer In Parole Limbo
Inside South Africa's maximum security Groenpunt prison, hawk-eyed guards stroll between rows of wooden benches,...
Shadowy App Turkey Says Was Key To Coup Bid
It's the app Ankara says provided the messaging hub for many of the suspected plotters who took part in last year's...
Tarantino To Make Film On Manson Family Murders
Oscar-winning filmmaker Quentin Tarantino is planning a movie based on the notorious Manson Family killings, according...
Rwandan Forces Killing Suspects Without Trial
The soldiers came at dawn to Fulgence Rukundo's house in a village in western Rwanda, and accused him of stealing a...
Nigerian University Digs In Against Boko Haram
A giant bulldozer digs a deep ditch among the bushes surrounding the University of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria,...
Asian Markets Rally With Wall St As Yellen Sparks Buying Spree
Asian markets surged on Thursday, extending a global rally that saw another record on Wall Street after the head of the...
Prisoner Aid Cut Could Trigger Palestinian Crisis
International pressure on the Palestinian Authority to halt payments to the families of Palestinians held in Israeli...
In Reversal, Afghan Girls Get US Visas To Attend Robotics Competition
A team of Afghan girls who had been denied visas to attend a Washington robotics competition are now allowed to come,...
Mexican Artist Aims For Record Mural On US Border Wall
On the imposing metal sheets of the border fence that divides Tijuana, Mexico from San Diego, California, a hand...
History On Line As Konta Faces Venus Showdown In Wimbledon Semis
Johanna Konta has set her sights on Wimbledon history as the world number seven aims to become the first British woman...
Eastwood Casts Real Life Heroes In Train Terror Film
Clint Eastwood has cast three young Americans who stopped a terrorist attack on a high-speed train to play themselves...
UN Identifies 38 New Probable Mass Graves In DR Congo
Another 38 probable mass graves have been discovered in DR Congo in the country's troubled central region of Kasai, the...
Aussie Scott Shakes Up Schedule In Search of Open Glory
Adam Scott is hoping a change in his usual schedule to play in this week's Scottish Open will be pivotal in ending a...
CA Chief Attacks ‘reckless’ Cricket Players’ Union
Cricket Australia chairman David Peever Thursday went on the attack over suggestions he is running an "extreme"...