Articles by Kwame Mensah
Toshiba Seeks $8.8 Billion For Chip Unit Stake As Banks Fret Over Risks
Japan's Toshiba Corp (6502. T) wants to raise at least 1 trillion yen ($8.8 billion) by selling most of its flash...
Regional Rivals Iran, Turkey Trade Barbs Over Syria
Diplomatic tensions escalated Tuesday between Turkey and Iran as the countries traded accusations over their roles in...
Libya Trial of Kadhafi Cadres ‘seriously’ Flawed
A trial of dozens of aides to ousted Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi is failing to uphold international rights norms in...
Scientists Find Four New Miniature Frog Species In India
Scientists have discovered four new species of miniature night frogs small enough to sit on a fingernail in a remote...
Iraq Forces Press Assault On IS South of Mosul
Iraqi forces consolidated positions Tuesday after blasting their way to the southern edge of Mosul in an assault...
Trump Critic McCain Meets Saudi King
Influential American Senator John McCain, a critic of President Donald Trump, held talks with Saudi Arabia's King...
Mugabe Marks 93rd Birthday With Faltering TV Interview
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, the world's oldest national ruler, turned 93 on Tuesday, using a long and...
Myanmar Probes Murder of Four In Rakhine
Myanmar police are investigating the murder of four people in northern Rakhine state, the government said Tuesday, days...
Bodies of 74 Migrants Wash Up On Libya Beach
The bodies of 74 migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe have washed up on a beach west of the...
Football Transfer Gossip
Manchester City want more than £20m for keeper Joe Hart, who is on loan at Torino, and will allow the 29-year-old to...
Critics Will Kill Man. City If We Lose
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola wants his players to embrace the pressure of their Champions League last-16 tie...
Prosecutors Want Briton, Australian Jailed For 8 Years Over Cop Death
An Australian woman and her British boyfriend accused of beating to death a policeman on Indonesia's resort island of...
Chinese Police In Restive Xinjiang To Track Cars By GPS
A prefecture in China's restive Xinjiang region has ordered all vehicles to be equipped with GPS-like tracking...
Bangladesh Recall Mustafizur For Sri Lanka Tests
Bangladesh on Tuesday recalled their left-arm fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman in a 16-man squad for the upcoming two-Test...
Far-Right Le Pen Refuses Head Scarf To Meet Lebanese Mufti
Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen refused on Tuesday to wear a head scarf to meet with Lebanon's...
Years of Failed Efforts To End Syrian Conflict
Since the start of Syria's war in 2011, several diplomatic initiatives have stumbled over the future of President...
Israel Soldier Sentenced To 18 Months For Killing Palestinian
An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a soldier to 18 months in prison for shooting dead an injured...
Elor Azaria Gets 18 Months For Palestinian Killing
Elor Azaria shot and killed Abed al-Fattah al-Sharif as he lay on the ground incapacitated after being gunned down. An...
Chief Negotiators At Looming Syria Talks In Geneva
A seasoned diplomat, a cardiologist and a lawyer will represent Syria's two sides at UN-brokered peace talks that begin...
Where Does Syria’s Opposition Stand Ahead of New Talks?
Syrian opposition figures will return to Geneva on Thursday for new UN-sponsored talks with President Bashar al-Assad's...