Jutta Urpilainen Jutta Urpilainen steps down as the Finance Minister of Finland after she was not re-elected as leader of the Social Democratic Party.
Shaheed Benazir Abad District A 5.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Shaheed Benazir Abad District, Pakistan, killing one person and injuring another 70.
South Korea South Korea's Ministry of National Defense announces that three drones found in their territory came from North Korea.
2014 Crimean crisis Russia test fired several nuclear delivery systems on the Victory day celebrations and also sent a naval flotilla led by the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov through the English Channel.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Crimea for the first time since the annexation, arriving in Sevastopol for Victory Day celebrations.
Bloomberg Bloomberg reports that Rupert Murdoch plans to unite various European pay TV entities into a single $14 billion entity.
Victory Day On Victory Day, the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory calls on Ukrainians to replace the ribbon of Saint George with a red poppy flower, a symbol that is used in Commonwealth countries on Remembrance Day.
Iraqi government The government of Iraq launches a large-scale military operation to regain control of Fallujah from anti-government fighters.
Yemeni security forces Yemeni security forces announce that they have killed Shayef Mohammed Saeed Al-Shabwani, an al-Qaeda terrorist wanted over a series of attacks in Sana'a.