The case against the two men, who have been living in Austria since 2015, was one of the first that the country has brought under the principle of universal jurisdiction ... .
Ukraine’s military has denied a Kremlin claim to have taken a city in the eastern Donetsk region, saying its troops are holding out against infiltrating Russians... .
The trial, Austria’s first against Assad regime officials, will be a rare chance for Syrian witnesses to confront two men they have accused of torture ... .