After witnessing its biggest protest, the anonymous organizers of the “Dignity March” called for another one, with tens of thousands showing up in the areas of Mishref and Sabah Al-Salem protesting the Kuwaiti ruler’s amendment of the voting law.
In a night that was much shorter than many had predicted, the results came in and Barack Obama beat Mitt Romney to gain re-election for another four years.
China will begin phase out organ donation from executed criminals next years, as it moves towards a voluntary system, says a government expert.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said that he he would back an offer of safe passage out of Syria for President Bashar al-Assad if it would end the bloodshed in the country’s ongoing civil war.
The growing prospect of western-backed military intervention to reverse the spread of Islamism in west Africa is good news for an evolving al-Qaida movement.