Articles by Kwame Mensah
Syria Army At Gates of IS-Held Town On Road To East
The Syrian army has reached the last jihadist-held town on the road to its besieged garrison in the east, a monitoring...
Sri Lanka To Sign China Port Deal Despite Protests
Sri Lanka will proceed with the billion-dollar sale of a deep sea port to China despite protests in an effort to slash...
Ethiopia To Issue IDs For Rastafarian Community
Ethiopia's foreign ministry said Friday it will issue identification cards to Rastafarians, granting rights to a...
Russia Orders US To Cut Diplomats In Response To Sanctions
Russia's foreign ministry on Friday announced counter measures in response to tough new sanctions proposed by the...
‘Reinforcements’ Caught Sneaking Into Philippine Warzone
Philippine troops have seized 59 suspected militants trying to reinforce Islamist gunmen holed up in the southern city...
Katie Ledecky On Course For Fifth Worlds Swim Gold In Budapest
Freestyle queen Katie Ledecky on Friday cruised towards her fifth gold at the world championships as the fastest into...
Jordan Says To Bar Israel Envoy Until Shooting Probed
Jordan will not allow the return of Israel's ambassador until the shooting of two Jordanians by an embassy security...
Libya Unity Govt Denies Accord For Italy Ships To Deploy
Libya's UN-backed unity government chief has denied that an agreement has been struck with Rome to deploy Italian...
Lonely Hearts Seek Virtual Girlfriends At Hong Kong Fair
Virtual reality games usually promise shoot 'em up adventures but in Hong Kong Friday lovelorn tech fans donned...
Ricciardo Quickest In Opening Practice For Hungarian Grand Prix
Daniel Ricciardo topped the times for Red Bull in Friday morning´s closely-contested opening free practice session for...
Chinese Pickaxe Killer Gets Death Sentence For Massacre
A Chinese man who massacred 19 people with a pickaxe including children and his parents was handed the death sentence...
Indian Baby Survives Being Buried Alive By Teen Mother
A week old baby boy in India survived several hours in a grave after being buried alive by his teenaged rape victim...
India Blesses Its Snakes As Charmers Face the Venom of Modern Life
Officially the snake charmers' profession is banned in India, but its devotees were at the centre of prayers and milk...
BT Says Profits Tumble On Italy Scandal
British telecoms and television broadcasting firm BT Group on Friday posted a 42-percent slump in profits during its...
Three Strikes For Pakistan’s Political Survivor Sharif
Pakistan's three-time premier Nawaz Sharif, whose power base earned him the moniker "Lion of Punjab", is a political...
Who Could Be Pakistan’s Next PM?
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was Friday ousted from the top office by the Supreme Court, but as the head of...
Wife of Missing Thai Land Activist Jailed For Trespassing
The wife of a Thai land activist who disappeared in mysterious circumstances has been jailed for trespassing, her...
What Happens Now Pakistan’s PM Has Been Disqualified?
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been ousted from power by the Supreme Court, an unceremonious end to his third...
Qatar Refuses To ‘outsource Foreign Policy’ In Gulf Crisis
Qatar refuses to bow to Saudi-led demands to "outsource" its foreign policy to resolve the Gulf crisis, its government...
Australia Cricket Manager Hopeful of Bangladesh Visit
Australia's cricket authorities are hopeful that a Bangladesh tour due to start in less than a month will go ahead...