Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
Afghan army, police and the NATO-led coalition forces have been stepping up pressure on the Taliban and other militant groups across the insurgency-hit country.
About 28 Taliban militants were killed and 54 others detained in different Afghan provinces within the past 24 hours.
Iran says on Sunday that the World War III may erupt if the Islamic republic is attacked by Israel.
Syria's oppositional National Coordination Body along with 20 other Syrian opposition parties wrapped up the conference for "rescuing Syria".
A big blast was heard near the high-end Four Seasons Hotel in the heart of the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday afternoon, witnesses said.
Members of lower house of Afghan parliament have backed the country's foreign minister for lodging complaint with the UN Security Council over the alleged cross-border artillery shelling from Pakistan, local media reported Sunday.
Two people including a Taliban commander were killed as aircraft of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force raided a Taliban hideout in Kunar on Sunday, a local official said.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Saturday with UN-Arab League joint special envoy for Syria Brahimi, who briefed the UN chief on his recent trip to the region, including Damascus.
Violence and clashes continued Saturday between government troops and armed opposition militias, at a time the Syrian opposition has failed again to pull itself together.
Google has blocked YouTube users in Jordan from viewing trailers of the anti-Islamic film "Innocence of Muslims" upon requests from the Jordanian government, an official said Saturday.
At least 16 people were killed and nearly 200 others injured as a new wave of anti-US protests swept Pakistan on Friday, according to local authorities and media reports.
The Iranian armed forces staged military parades throughout the country on Friday to mark the start of the Week of Defense.
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