Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
Putting pressure only on one party won't help resolve the Syrian issue, instead, it will only derail the issue from the track of political settlement, said China's representative to the UN.
The UN General Assembly adopted on Friday a resolution demanding all parties in Syria stop all forms of violence. Annan successor needs new Syria plan
Qatar said on Saturday that any successor to Kofi Annan as international envoy for Syria must pursue a new strategy.
Analysts said hope for a political resolution to the Syrian crisis remains despite Kofi Annan's resignation on Thursday as the UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy for Syria.
About 1,000 Syrians, including a defecting brigadier-general, have fled to Turkey in the past 24 hours to escape intensifying violence in their country, a Turkish official said on Friday.
The resignation of UN-Arab League joint special envoy Kofi Annan "opens gates" for a military intervention into the crisis-torn Syria.
Syrian Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil said Thursday that Russia and China had changed world politics and accused the West of supporting terrorists against his government.
Members of Egypt's new cabinet led by Prime Minister Hesham Qandil took oath Thursday before President Mohamed Morsi in the presidential palace.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has asked the UN to release emergency supplies after heavy rains have left tens of thousands more homeless.
Yemeni Information Minister Ali al- Amrany escaped an ambush in the capital Sanaa on late Thursday, local pro-opposition media reported.
China expressed regret and understanding over Kofi Annan's decision to resign as UN-Arab League Special Envoy for the Syrian issue.
President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing US support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, US sources familiar with the matter said.