Deadly rocket attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol this weekend that “knowingly targeted civilians” violated international humanitarian law and could amount to war crimes, the U.N. political chief said Monday. Jeffrey Feltman told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe who examined the craters reported that the rockets originated from territory controlled by pro-Russian rebel separatists. He said Satu

A Chinese court has heard what is believed to be the country's first lawsuit over gay workplace discrimination, in a case that could have wide repercussions.The plaintiff was fired from his job after he was revealed as gay in a viral online video, and his action was heard last week by the Nanshan District People's Court in the southern metropolis of Shenzhen."We're very optimistic," Liu Xiaohu, a lawyer for the plaintiff, told AFP, adding that the case "will definitely have an impact" on views o