A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into a research center devoted to fighting extremism.

Russia’s Defense Ministry announced the fall of Velyka Novosilka, which had around 5,000 residents before the war, following a monthslong battle.

Swedish prosecutors announced Sunday night that they have opened a preliminary investigation into suspected aggravated “sabotage” and ordered the detention of a vessel in the Baltic Sea suspected of damaging an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland earlier that day.

The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old autocrat yet another term on top of his three decades in power.

The repatriation of Ossama Anjiem to Libya sparked outrage from human rights groups and questions from Italy’s opposition parties. Libya is a key partner in Europe’s efforts to keep migrants from crossing the Mediterranean and landing on its shores.

A group of former American military officers and diplomats who served in Kyiv are teaming up with a Ukrainian winery owner to bring a taste of the Black Sea coast to a U.S. audience.

Four Army units will deploy to Europe, South Korea and the Middle East in the spring as part of regular unit rotations, the Army announced Friday.

The latest wave of anti-government rallies was fueled by Prime Minister Robert Fico’s recent trip to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It was a rare visit to the Kremlin by a European Union leader since Moscow’s all-out invasion of Ukraine began.

President Donald Trump wants to withdraw 20,000 U.S. troops from Europe and demand a subsidy from allies to pay for the remaining American military presence on the Continent, Italy’s leading news agency reported this week.

A new $23 million operations facility for the storied 37th Airlift Squadron took its first step toward becoming reality Friday, with a groundbreaking that heralded a long-anticipated move to a more suitable home.

The 207th Military Intelligence Brigade’s transition to renovated facilities at Caserma Matteo Miotto has been in the works for six years, though construction didn’t start until about three years ago. Since 2016, the brigade had been operating from Caserma Ederle, about 6 miles away.

Let off some steam, do some swimming and eat some snacks at the Felsland Badeparadies in Dahn, Germany.

The president said he is “going to ask all NATO nations to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP,” a sharp increase from the current benchmark of 2% that many member states already struggle to hit. Currently, the U.S. spends about 3.4% of GDP on the defense budget.

The fate of the European Union’s sanctions against Russia was thrown into limbo after a top Hungarian official called for a “debate” on the measures before an end-of-month deadline to renew them, citing the election of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Experts from the U.S. Air Force are looking at ways to upgrade Cyprus’ premier air base for use as a humanitarian staging post in future operations in the Middle East, a Cypriot official told The Associated Press Thursday.

Six Air National Guard jets stuck at a Navy base in Sicily for months have returned to the U.S., a Guard official said.

Estonia’s push to strengthen deterrence against neighboring Russia is getting a boost from a U.S.-made mobile artillery weapon that has drawn widespread interest because of its battlefield performance in Ukraine. A NATO member since 2004, Estonia received its first HIMARS earlier this month.