AP - World leaders whose countries faced off on the battlefields of World War II paid tribute Monday to the fallen soldiers and millions of civilian dead, joining Russian President Vladimir Putin on Red Square for a lavish military parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany.
AP - American troops backed by helicopters and war planes have launched a major offensive against insurgents in a remote desert area near the Syrian border, and about 75 militants were killed in the first 24 hours, the U.S. military said Monday.
AP - President Bush was given a seat of honor in a Red Square reviewing stand on Monday and watched goose-stepping soldiers and flags adorned with the Soviet hammer and sickle glide by, recalling days of communist might.
President Bush was given a seat of honor for celebrations in Moscow's Red Square marking 60 years since the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. He joined Russian President Putin for today's parade and ceremonies, putting aside recent tensions between Washington and Moscow.
U.S. forces have launched an offensive against "insurgents and foreign fighters" near Iraq's border with Syria, killing at least 75 of them in the first 24 hours of the operation, the U.S. military said Monday.
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog says his agency estimates North Korea could have five or six nuclear weapons and any test carried out by Pyongyang could "open a Pandora's box."