As an 18-year-old Navy yeoman 2nd class, Arthur Grabiner served during World War II aboard the USS Laurens, an attack transport ship that took part in amphibious assaults in the Pacific. At age 98, he is determined to devote this final chapter of his life to sharing memories of his wartime service.

Some 200 World War II military vehicles rolled through the streets of this southwestern Belgian city on Sunday, marking 80 years since U.S. soldiers helped free it from Nazi occupation.

Russia launched a barrage of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv and possibly other cities, Ukraine’s air force said early Monday.

Sirens wailed and a memorial bell tolled during an observance in the town of Wielun, the first civilian target of German bombing in the small hours of Sept. 1, 1939.

Jason Tabansky, 41, won gold in the men’s individual W1 competition at the Invalides.

Paralympic triathlon competitions in Paris scheduled for Sunday have been postponed because of concerns about water quality in the Seine River after heavy rainfall, organizers said.

Allies must give Ukraine what it needs to repel Russia’s invasion and not restrict the use of donated arms, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said.

This week’s air raids on Kyiv and other cities across the country were the largest since Russia’s full-scale invasion began two-and-a-half years ago. One analyst said Ukrainians simultaneously blame both Russia and their own government for electricity problems.

Russian shelling in the town of Chasiv Yar on Saturday killed five people, as Moscow’s troops pushed ahead in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.

There are 140 athletes in Paris this week representing Ukraine, which is considered a Paralympic superpower and has competitors in 17 sports, many of whom have been uprooted from their homes and normal training centers.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reportedly proposed holding a summit in India, a plan put to Narendra Modi during the Indian prime minister’s visit to Ukraine last week. India is skeptical of Ukraine’s initiative due to Russia’s exclusion.

Germany deported Afghan nationals to their homeland on Friday for the first time since August 2021 when the Taliban returned to power.

Observers have registered particular concern that the expanding appeal of the AfD has mirrored a nationwide surge in political violence and hate crimes.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired the commander of the country’s air force Friday, four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a Russian bombardment and killed the pilot.

U.S. military spouses may soon be searching for apartments and the best place for pierogis in Poznan, home of the first permanent American base in Poland.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday announced a $3 billion deal to buy 12 French warplanes, in a move that shifts his country away from its dependence on Russian arms.

The European Union must rethink its relations with Israel as the death toll mounts in Gaza and the West Bank and impose sanctions on some Israeli government ministers accused of fomenting racial hatred, Ireland and the bloc’s top diplomat said Thursday.

One of the handful of F-16 warplanes that Ukraine has received from its Western partners to help fight Russia’s invasion has crashed, Ukraine’s Army General Staff said Thursday. The pilot died.

The European Union’s top diplomat on Thursday ramped up pressure on Ukraine’s international backers to lift restrictions on the use of weapons they provide to the conflict-ravaged country to allow its armed forces to strike targets inside Russia.