Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed a bill into law on Wednesday that requires abortion clinics to have a physician with admitting privileges at a hospital within a 30-mile radius present when an abortion is performed. The bill also requires the Oklahoma Board of Health to establish facility supplies and equipment standards, including equipment required to [...]

BP asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to stay a March ruling requiring the company to make massive settlement payments as a result of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP contends that the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision to deny an injunction of the settlement agreement allows many business [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) upheld the conviction of former Croatian army commander Fred Margus on Wednesday. Margus challenged his 2007 conviction for war crimes against civilians during the 1990s Yugoslav wars . Charges initially brought against Margus were terminated in 1997 under the General Amnesty Act , which granted amnesty from criminal [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ordered a temporary moratorium on executions in Ohio on Wednesday. The stay is intended to allow attorneys time to complete discovery and other legal preparations pertaining to Ohio’s new execution protocol , which would increase the dosages of drugs used for lethal [...]

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) on Tuesday filed an application to block same-sex marriages in Oregon while the group appeals a decision overturning the state’s ban. The group, which opposes same-sex marriage, submitted the filing to Justice Anthony Kennedy, who handles such requests from the region that includes Oregon. The stay would temporarily halt [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday condemned the killing of a 25-year-old pregnant woman who was stoned to death in a so-called “honor killing.” Farzana Iqbal was killed by her family outside of a Pakistani court in the city of Lahore because she had chosen to marry the man whom she [...]

Authorities in Ecuador on Tuesday announced, via Twitter , the issuance of an arrest warrant for former president Jamil Mahuad on the grounds that he allegedly misappropriated public funds during the late 1990s. Interior Minister Jose Serrano stated that a “red notice” had been issued by Interpol . Authorities sought a red notice against Mahuad [...]

Chinese officials in the western region of Xinjiang on Tuesday held a public rally at a sports stadium for the mass sentencing of criminals, in which 55 individuals were sentenced before a crowd of 7,000 people. While three received death sentences for crimes including “violent terrorism,” other prisoners’ crimes ranged from separatism to participation in [...]

A Turkish court on Monday called for international arrest warrants for four former Israeli military chiefs involved in a deadly 2010 maritime raid . According to a lawyer working on the case, prosecutors are seeking life sentences for the commanders who they claim were responsible for Israeli commandos boarding the Mavi Marmara, part of a [...]

A judge in the southern Iranian province of Fars on Tuesday ordered Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear in court regarding complaints that his company’s Instagram and Whatsapp applications have violated individuals’ privacy. The Iranian Students’ News Agency quoted Iranian Internet official Ruhollah Momen-Nasab in saying that, under the court ruling, the “Zionist” [...]