Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
Premier Wen Jiabao reiterated China's support for an independent Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday called upon the UN General Assembly to " issue a birth certificate of the reality of the State of Palestine. "
Most Internet services in Syria were cut off on Thursday, with cell phone signals also disrupted, U.S. technology companies monitoring the war-torn country's web traffic said.
Yemeni security forces on Thursday detained a high-level commander of the Yemen-based al-Qaida wing in the southern province of Abyan, the state-run Saba news agency reported.
The recent Israel-Palestine conflict has highlighted the importance of new media in a war.
Algerian voters go to polling stations Thursday from 8:00 am to elect their local representatives at 1,541 People's Communal Assemblies and the 48 Provincial Assemblies for a 5 years term.
The Palestinians expressed satisfaction on Wednesday over the international support to their bid to the United Nations to demand a recognition of a non-member observer state.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday strongly condemned the latest car bomb blasts in Syria.
Iranian border forces have fired mortar shells which landed and exploded near a border area in bordering Chagai district in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
The Iranian Navy's 23rd fleet will dock at Sudan's coast in the coming days, Press TV reported Wednesday, quoting a senior Navy official.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he could make a visit to Gaza next week, days after Israel and Hamas secured an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire deal, local newspaper Today's Zaman reported.
Egypt's Presidency denied Tuesday the news about resignation of the Vice-President Mahmoud Mekky, official news agency MENA reported.
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