Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday welcomed the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and commended Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi for leading the efforts to reach the ceasefire.
Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip have reached a cease-fire agreement to end eight days of fighting.
UN chief hails Gaza truce
A military cargo plane crashed near a Sanaa airport on Wednesday, killing all 10 people on board, officials and witnesses told Xinhua.
Britain has decided to recognize the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people.
Eight Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Tuesday evening in the ongoing intensive Israeli war jets airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, medical sources and witnesses said.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday and pledged to work for a truce in the Gaza Strip "in the days ahead".
Attacks pound Gaza amid truce pressure Gaza death toll climbs to 130
International pressure for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after a sixth day of Palestinian rocket fire and Israeli air strikes that have killed over 100 people.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is headed for Israel for talks with both Israel and Palestinian leaders.
Here are some details on the anti-missile batteries, which cost around $50 million apiece.
The meeting on Syria with the slogan of "Violence No, Democracy Yes" concluded in Tehran on Monday with the participants calling for a ceasefire and an end to the armed conflicts in the crisis-ridden country.
The UN Security Council held a meeting on Monday evening in a bid to bridge the gap among some member states on a proposed council statement on the recently escalated clashes between Israel and the Palestinian militants over Gaza, diplomats told Xinhua.
A cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militant groups might be reached Monday night or Tuesday, an Egyptian security source said.
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