25 August 2019

• Berlin Philharmonic Plays At Brandenburg Gate With New Russian-Born Conductor
  The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and its new principal conductor, 47-year-old Russian-born Kirill Petrenko, have performed Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 for crowds in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
• Russia Test Fires Ballistic Missiles From Submarines in Barents Sea, Arctic Ocean
  Russia says it has fired two missiles from submarines in the Arctic Ocean and the Barents Sea, hitting targets in the northern Arkhangelsk region and the Far East Kamchatka Peninsula.
• Iran Announces 'Sanctions' Against Washington-Based Think Tank
  Iran's Foreign Ministry says it has imposed sanctions on the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies and its CEO -- saying the organization has promoted sanctions and "economic terrorism" against Iran.
• Zelenskiy Likens Russia's Seizure Of Crimea To 'Kids Being Stolen'
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has likened Russia’s 2014 seizure of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula to "kids being stolen and issued a new birth certificate," as the country marked 28 years of independence on August 24.
• Russian Capsule Carrying Robot Fails To Link Up WIth ISS
  An unmanned Soyuz spacecraft carrying Russia’s first humanoid robot has failed to dock with the International Space Station (ISS).