Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
The US State Department on Friday expressed concerns over Egypt's new constitutional declaration, issued a day earlier by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.
China can play a "special role" in the Middle East, a Palestinian envoy said, a day after a cease-fire took effect following eight days of bloody fighting between Israel and militants in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
A journalist of Syria's state TV was killed Thursday by armed groups in a restive district in the Syrian capital Damascus, state-run SANA news agency said.
The next round of United Nations climate talks is scheduled to begin next week in Doha, Qatar, and broadening consensus on the thorny issue is shaping up to be an arduous task for nations and parties involved.
China on Thursday welcomed the Gaza ceasefire agreement and condemned the bus bombing on Wednesday in Tel Aviv.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the secret service Shin Bet arrested 55 terror suspects in an extensive operation in the West Bank overnight, the IDF said in a statement Thursday.
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday talked with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak over phone to reiterate the strong US commitment to Israel's security and bilateral defense relationship, the Pentagon said.
The Australian Defence Force has withdrawn from its operating bases in Afghan Uruzgan province and handed over control to the Afghan military.
As many as 30 armed men were killed Wednesday in Syria's eastern province during clashes with government troops, a pro-government media reported.
German Foreign Minister told the country's ambassador to NATO on Wednesday to approve Turkey's official request for NATO patriot missiles to be stationed near Turkish-Syrian border to help defend it from attacks.
United Nations World Food Program has announced that it would soon provide emergency food assistance for about 350 families in the Gaza Strip whose houses were destroyed in recent Israeli attacks.
The world powers are committed to hold new round of talks with Iran "as soon as possible," a spokesperson of the European Union said.
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