Articles by Kwame Mensah
74 Dead Refugees Wash Ashore In Zawiya
Refugee deaths have risen to record levels across the Mediterranean Sea in the past year Libya's Red Crescent has said...
Journalists Face Rising Threats In Trouble Spots
Journalists in conflict zones are facing unprecedented threats amid a rise in violent non-state actors, a decline in...
Azerbaijan President Aliyev Makes Wife Mehriban His Deputy
Mehriban can now rule Azerbaijan if her husband is incapacitated Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has appointed his...
Exclusive: CIA-Backed Aid For Syrian Rebels Frozen After Islamist Attack
CIA-coordinated military aid for rebels in northwest Syria has been frozen since they came under major Islamist attack...
Israeli Soldier Gets 18 Months For Killing Wounded Palestinian Attacker
The court dismissed Azaria's claim that he thought the wounded victim presented a threat An Israeli soldier who killed...
Yahoo Slashes Price of Verizon Deal $350 Mn After Data Breaches
Yahoo slashed the price of the sale of its core Internet business to Verizon by $350 million following a pair of major...
Murder Trial Over ‘Novotel Captives’ Opens In I. Coast
The trial opened Tuesday in Ivory Coast of 10 men, mainly soldiers, accused of kidnapping and killing four men from the...
Far-Right Firebrand Yiannopoulos In Trouble Over Pedophilia Remarks
Milo Yiannopoulos, a firebrand editor of right-wing news site Breitbart, has lost a book deal and a speaking engagement...
Wal-Mart Scores Solid US Sales; Earnings Dip
Wal-Mart Stores on Tuesday reported a strong gain in domestic store sales during the key holiday-shopping quarter,...
Japanese Tourists Flock To Brighton Home of 2015 World Cup Glory
Brighton's Amex Stadium where Japan caused the greatest upset in World Cup history with a 34-32 win over two-time world...
IS, Boko Haram Won’t Be Defeated Unless Corruption Tackled
Western governments need to step up their efforts to combat corruption if they are to defeat jihadists such as the...
Hulk Blasts Shanghai To Victory In AFC Champions League
Brazilian forward Hulk blasted Shanghai SIPG to a 1-0 victory over FC Seoul but the big-spending Chinese giants needed...
North Korea Downplays Impact of China Coal Ban
A North Korean state economic official sought Tuesday to play down the impact of China's shock announcement that it was...
French ‘attack Plot’ Leads To Three Arrests
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a terrorism attack Three people have been arrested in France...
Malaysia Says Still To Establish What Killed North Korean
Malaysian authorities said on Tuesday they had still to establish what was used to kill the estranged half-brother of...
Stock Futures Hit Record Highs Amid Retail Earnings
U. S. stock index futures rose to record intraday highs on Tuesday as oil prices surged and investors assessed earnings...
Wal-Mart’s Quarterly Comparable Sales Beat Estimates
At Friday's close, Wal-Mart shares had risen 0.36 percent since the start of the year. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT. N) on...
Verizon, Yahoo Agree To Cut Deal Price By As Much As $350 Million
Yahoo and Verizon were not immediately available for comment. Verizon agreed to a revised deal to buy Yahoo Inc's...
India Arrests Heads of Adoption Centre Over Trafficking
Indian police said Tuesday they have arrested the heads of an adoption centre suspected of selling at least 17 children...
UN Envoy Visits Rohingya Camps In Bangladesh
UN human rights envoy Yanghee Lee was Tuesday visiting Rohingya refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh, where...