Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
Fighting raged near a military base in Syria's north as a cease-fire in the bloody civil war began on Friday at dawn.
Israel's prime minister and foreign minister on Thursday evening announced that their parties will run on a united list in January's elections.
Iran's Army is planning to hold a major drill in the western part of the country in late October.
The Syrian army and the armed rebels on Thursday voiced commitment to the internationally-backed cease-fire during the Muslim holiday.
Syria's army said it will cease military operations Friday, in line with an internationally backed truce during a Muslim holiday. 
Muslims celebrate festival
A partnership and cooperation agreement between the Tunisian and Chinese writers' unions was signed on Wednesday in Tunis, the official TAP press agency reported on Thursday.
Hillary Clinton voiced support for ceasefire in Syria on Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, while again calling for "political transition" in the violence-plagued Mideast nation.
Nineteen-months into the conflict, a rare chance has come for Syria to stop all violence and begin political dialogue to put the unrest-stricken Middle East country back on track.
A spate of blasts and clashes rattled Syria on Wednesday, drawing dim shadow over a possible cease-fire during the upcoming holiday of Muslim Eid al-Adha.
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry on Wednesday called on Palestine and Israel to show "maximum restraint" amid the recent surge of violence.
The Syrian authorities on Wednesday released a total of 290 detainees as the first batch of prisoners pardoned under the general amnesty granted a day earlier by President Bashar al-Assad.
China has said it supports a temporary ceasefire during the upcoming Eid al-Adha Muslim festival, which was proposed by United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi.
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