Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
At least four people were killed during Wednesday's clashes involving fighters from the Libya Shield, a group of militiamen affiliated to the current army forces, in Libya's Bani Walid, sources said.
Afghan police in conjunction with the national army and NATO-led troops have killed eight Taliban militants and arrested 23 others during series of operations across the country over the past 24 hours, Interior Ministry said in a press release on Wednesday.
Egypt's Administrative Court decided Tuesday to rule on the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly on Oct 23, official news agency MENA reported.
Syria's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Syria is ready to discuss a cease-fire during the Muslim Eid al-Adha, according to local media.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told US President Barack Obama that the Palestinian bid for a membership in the United Nations was a non-retractable decision, an aide revealed Tuesday.
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday that Western sanctions against Iran are "illegal".
Rebels of the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) kidnapped four people in southeastern Turkey late Monday, private Dogan news agency reported Tuesday.
Six Taliban militants have been killed as clash erupted in Afghanistan's Helmand province, 555 km south of Kabul, provincial police spokesman Farid Ahmad Farhang said Tuesday.
Afghan forces and the NATO-led coalition troops have found and defused two Improvised Explosive Devices during operations in eastern region, foiling potential explosions, the coalition said Tuesday.
The Syrian army on Monday denied using cluster bombs in its fights against the armed opposition fighters.
Libyan security forces started a large-scale search Monday in the capital Tripoli after a mass prison break, a source said.
The European Union (EU) on Monday reinforced its sanctions against Iran, including banning import of natural gas from Iran "over lack of progress in nuclear talks."
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