The UN warns of possible war crimes in ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Indiscriminate shelling in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict could amount to war crimes, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday as she urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to halt attacks on populated areas. Fierce battles continued along the front line of a conflict that has killed at least 1,000 people, and possibly many more. Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but is populated and controlled by ethnic Armenians. "Since the conflict reignited in September with the terrible consequences...