Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
The US Congress on Wednesday passed additional sanctions seeking to further stifle Iran's oil exports.
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.
Iran voiced its opposition to tightening Western sanctions, calling the new US sanctions "political warfare"
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday met with US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta at ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv.
Syrian forces are carrying on Tuesday with their operation to eradicate insurgency in the conflict-battered Aleppo province.
Russia changed the status of situation in Syria from "complicated" to "emergency" on Tuesday as the crisis in the violence-torn country escalates.
Syrian forces clashed Tuesday with armed groups, riding nine SUVs outfitted with PKC machine guns in the northern province of Aleppo, state media says.
Heavy clashes erupted between security troops guarding the Yemeni interior ministry and gunmen wearing security uniform early Tuesday in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, police sources said, adding that several people were injured in the fighting.
Yemen's interior ministry said that an Italian diplomat was kidnapped by tribesmen two days ago and has been moved to a remote area in the northeastern province of Marib.
The unremitting surge of violence in Syria has triggered a new flurry of diplomatic actions and counteractions over the 17-month-old conflict.
The Syria government showed unwavering resolve in the past week in its operations to overrun some rebel-held areas in northern province Aleppo.
The Syria government showed unwavering resolve in the past week in its operations to overrun some rebel-held areas in northern province Aleppo.
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