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North Korean troops join Putin’s scaled-back parade as Ukraine agrees temporary ceasefire

There were no neat rows of tanks or ballistic missile carriers rolling down the smooth cobbles of Moscow’s Red Square on Saturday, as Russia scaled back what is usually a grand militaristic Victory Day parade celebrating the Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazi Germany

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in central Moscow on May 9.

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Russian servicemen march in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9.

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People gather behind a security barricade reinforced with trucks to watch the military aircraft performance in Moscow on May 9.

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Russian troops units gather to participate in the military parade in Moscow's Red Square on May 9.

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A tourist at Moscow's Red Square on May 4.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9.

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Russian servicemen march in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9.
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine will not attack Putin’s military parade in Moscow in return for prisoner swap

There will be no neat rows of tanks and ballistic missile carriers rolling down the smooth cobbles of Moscow’s Red Square on Saturday, as Russia scales back what is usually a grand militaristic Victory Day parade celebrating the Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazi Germany

© Ramil Sitdikov

A tourist at Moscow's Red Square on May 4, decorated for Saturday's Victory Day military parade.

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Tanks parade through Red Square in Moscow during the 2025 Victory Day celebrations.

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Russian soldiers who will participate in Saturday's Victory Day celebrations gather for the rehearsals in Moscow on May 4.
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Trump pauses effort to guide ships through Hormuz, citing progress on Iran peace deal

The ceasefire in the Middle East was in peril Tuesday after the U.S. and Iran traded fire and threats over President Donald Trump's new mission to force open the Strait of Hormuz.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, at the Pentagon on Tuesday.
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Trump pauses 'Project Freedom' in Strait of Hormuz, citing progress on an Iran deal

The ceasefire in the Middle East was in peril Tuesday after the U.S. and Iran traded fire and threats over President Donald Trump's new mission to force open the Strait of Hormuz.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, at the Pentagon on Tuesday.
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Iran threatens U.S. forces in Strait of Hormuz after Trump launches mission to guide ships

Iran warned the United States on Monday not to approach or enter the Strait of Hormuz as the American military launches a new effort to “guide” stranded ships through the critical waterway

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Vehicles pass a billboard in Tehran on Saturday which appears to show the sewn lips of Trump covered in a ribbon shaped to represent the Strait of Hormuz.

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The map shows a line between Iran's Qeshm island and the United Arab Emirates' Umm al Quwain emirate. In the east, the area stops at a line between Iran's Mount Mobarak and the U.A.E.'s Fujairah.
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Oil rain and toxic fumes: Black Sea town faces environmental catastrophe as Ukrainian strikes rock Russia

The Black Sea isn’t meant to be this black

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Satellite images released on April 16 show fires at the Tuapse refinery.

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Cleanup efforts to collect oil that has washed ashore in the Black Sea port ⁠of Tuapse on Sunday.

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Russian police officers secure an area of Tuapse on Wednesday as thick smoke continues to fill the air.
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Trump warns Iran 'better get smart soon' as he weighs military options over Hormuz

President Donald Trump warned Iran “better get smart soon” Wednesday, as he weighed military options for the Strait of Hormuz with peace talks at an impasse.

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The war was prominent even at the state banquet for King Charles.

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A screengrab from a video released on Apr. 20 by U.S. Central Command that shows what they say is the boarding of an Iranian tanker over the Arabian Sea.
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