Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
Unidentified gunmen shot dead seven Shiite Muslims in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday in two separate sectarian-motivated attacks, police and eye witnesses said.
About 87 Taliban insurgents have been killed in operations in different Afghan provinces.
The 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit concluded in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Friday after the adoption of the outcome documents.
Fierce battles continued on Friday in hotspots across Syria, most notably in the suburbs of the capital Damascus and the northern province of Aleppo.
A shanty with mud as walls and plastic sheet as roof is all Fazl Ahmad can call a home in a refugee camp on the outskirts of this capital.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Thursday evening that he will address the United Nations General Assembly next month.
Iran has expanded its potential capacity to refine uranium in an underground site by doubling its centrifuges from 1,064 to 2,140, an IAEA report said.
An improvised explosive device went off in Damascus' suburb of Dahiyet al-Assad Thursday evening, the pro-government Sham FM radio said.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Thursday called for peaceful transition to democratic system in Syria.
The 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit opened in Tehran on Thursday under the theme of "Lasting Peace through Joint Global Governance."
China and Egypt have called for a political solution to the Syria issue as soon as possible.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Wednesday that more time is needed to win the "regional and global battle".
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