Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will submit the Palestinian bid for a non-member state status to the UN General Assembly on Thursday as planned.
A pro-government daily published on Tuesday the names of 142 foreign fighters allegedly killed in several hotspots in Syria over the past month.
At least six soldiers of Turkish security forces were injured in a land mine explosion late Monday when a military vehicle stepped on it in southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakir, local newspaper Today's Zaman reported on Tuesday.
Egyptian president spokesman Yasser Ali announced Monday that no changes were made to the new constitutional declaration and "sovereignty matters" are the only field free of legal reviews.
Iranian authorities have strongly opposed Turkey's move to deploy NATO's Patriot missiles in its bordering region with Syria.
Israeli troops patrolling near a collective farming village on the Gaza border shot and killed a Palestinian infiltrator early Monday after he stabbed a female resident, the army source told Xinhua.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced that France had decided to grant 1.2 million euros as an emergency humanitarian aid to the opposition Syrian National Coalition.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called upon Israel to "do its part" to ensure a sustainable cease-fire with the Gaza-based Palestinian militants.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev slammed as "unacceptable" the recognition and support by France and other states of the Syrian opposition battling the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
The main job for the Doha Climate Change Conference is to begin implementing what nations have already agreed on, China's chief climate change negotiator said on Sunday.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi faced a rebellion from judges who accused him on Saturday of expanding his powers at their expense.
Late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's body will be exhumed on Tuesday to determine whether he was poisoned.
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