Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
At least two rockets were fired at Tel Aviv, Israel's economic and cultural hub, from the Gaza Strip Thursday evening as fighting escalated between Israel and Palestinian militants.
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has expressed hope that six world powers, dubbed the P5+1, will resume nuclear talks with the Islamic republic soon, Press TV reported on Thursday.
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi about the escalating violence in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinians, the White House said.
Palestine on Wednesday called upon the UN Security Council to take action to put an immediate end to Israel's latest military strikes on the Gaza Strip in retaliation to rocket firing by Palestinian militants.
Rescuers are seen around debris of a helicopter near Mashhad in northeastern Iran on Nov 14, 2012.
US President Barack Obama spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on Wednesday and reiterated US support for Israel's right to self-defense in light of rocket attacks from Gaza, the White House said.
Iran's Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have test-fired a range of missiles.
The UN Security Council will hold a closed emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss Israeli strikes against the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli Defense Forces announced Wednesday that it has embarked on a military operation called "Operation Pillar of Defense" in the Gaza Strip.
It should be up to the Syrian people themselves to decide the future of their war-torn country, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei reiterated on Wednesday that Syria's fate should be decided by its people.
Syrian analysts believe that recognizing the newly formed opposition coalition in exile as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people will not help stop violence in Syria, but further deepen the division.
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