Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
Egypt branded Islamist gunmen who killed 16 police near the Israeli border as "infidel" and promised on Monday to launch a crackdown.
An Iranian official has said Iran will manufacture passenger planes, local media reported Sunday.
Israel is concerned that extremist Islamists actively involved in Syria's conflicts may ultimately turn their weapons against Israeli targets.
The casualties from a checkpoint attack in Egypt's Sinai rose to 15 dead and seven injured, local security sources said Sunday.
A suicide bomber struck at a wake in Yemen's southern city of Jaar overnight, killing at least 45 people.
Two members of the New Zealand Defence Force serving in Afghanistan were killed and six others wounded in an encounter with suspected insurgents on Saturday.
Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi warned Saturday against the military intervention of foreign forces in Syria.
An Iranian lawmaker blamed Western countries' "noncooperation" with Kofi Annan as the main reason behind his recent resignation.
The 48 Iranian pilgrims who were kidnapped earlier Saturday by armed men near Syrian capital Damascus have been released.
At least 20 people were killed when an al-Qaida suicide bomber targeted a gathering of pro-government tribesmen in Yemen.
China reiterated its opposition to external unilateral force in Syria in a news briefing on Saturday, urging relevant countries to examine their own policies and motives rather than blame other countries.
Iranian defense minister announced Saturday that Iran has "successfully" test-fired a 300 km-range missile, the state IRIB TV website reported.
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