Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
The death toll of Saturday's strong twin quakes in northwest Iran has risen to 306.
A Syrian opposition leader in exile called on Sunday for a no-fly zone in border areas.
At least five civilians were injured as a bomb targeting a government employees' bus went off Monday morning in Jalalabad city, a police source said.
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) Home Front Command on Sunday initiated a week-long test of an alert system that texts a message to cellphones located in areas likely to be hit in a missile strike.
Two pilots were killed after a training plane crashed into the Sea of Marmara.
Two powerful earthquakes killed 250 people and injured around 1,800 in northwest Iran.
Ban Ki-moon said that he was "deeply saddened by the loss of hundreds of lives" and the destruction in the wake of Saturday's strong twin earthquakes in Iran.
The banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) on Sunday kidnapped a local leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) in Tunceli province in eastern Turkey.
Chaotic situation continued Sunday across Syria with incessant urban battles and skirmishes between the armed insurgent groups and government forces.
The White House on Sunday expressed condolences for the loss of life in Iran's latest earthquake, saying Washington is ready to help.
The death toll of Saturday's strong twin quakes in northwest Iran has risen to some 300.
Foreign ministers of the Arab League members are setting out for another meeting to help work out a solution to Syrian crisis.
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