Heroic restraint. Yesterday in Kabul, an Afghan police officer came face-to-face with a suicide bomber -- and his decision to grip the attacker in a bear hug saved lives, but cost him his own.

He's hoping nothing succeeds like succession. An opposition leader in Zimbabwe hopes for a peaceful, democratic transition of power in his country -- as President Robert Mugabe faces increasing pressure to resign.

The grass is apparently greener on the other side. As Toronto's Chief of Police, Julian Fantino compared legalizing weed to legalizing murder. Tonight, I'll speak with him about his new business: a medical marijuana health clinic.

Holding pattern. Over and over again, French judges have ordered officials to free Ottawa university professor Hassan Diab from prison. And over and over again -- most recently, today -- French appeals courts have refused to let him go.

No way in - and, increasingly, no way out. The far-reaching crisis in Yemen deepens after a coalition led by Saudi Arabia closes the country's borders - and even if the blockade is eased, the tension won't be.

Course correction. A controversial professor at the University of Toronto alarms his colleagues by proposing a website he says will expose professors and courses he personally considers "corrupt".

Louis CK became a huge stand-up star by pushing the boundaries of propriety -- but there are new allegations that his off-stage behaviour crossed lines in disturbing ways.

Joke's on him. After a New Jersey politician shared a sexist crack about the Women's March on Washington, our guest was inspired to run against him -- and last night, she marched to victory.

In the U.K., they call him "Jihadi Jack". But John Letts calls him "son". And now, he's asking the British and Canadian governments to help free his son Jack from Syria, where he's accused of being a member of ISIS.

No sanctuary. Twenty-six people in the congregation of the First Baptist Church in a small Texas community are dead, after a gunman walks into the Sunday service and starts shooting.