Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
Iran's deputy nuclear negotiator Ali Baqeri has said that the recent nuclear talks with deputy head of the EU's foreign relations in the Turkish city of Istanbul were "positive".
An official of Iran said that the Islamic republic will give a strong response to any possible cyber attacks on the country's nuclear facilities.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi called for consolidation of all-out ties with Syria.
The UN Security Council Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution to extend the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) for another year.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has urged the Syrian government to safeguard its chemical arsenal, a UN spokesman told reporters on Wednesday.
Turkey will close all its border gates with Syria as of Wednesday until further notice for security reasons.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Iran will use all its capacity to maintain oil market stability, the Tehran Times daily reported Wednesday.
Iran has launched its first domestically-built oil tanker, the Tehran Times daily reported on Wednesday.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad rebuilt the pillars of his administration on Tuesday by appointing five security officials to sensitive positions.
Five Syrian intelligence officials have been appointed Tuesday to fill positions in major security headquarters, sources told Xinhua.
The Syrian administration on Monday responded defiantly to the West and the Arabs alike, saying it would use its chemical arsenal only in case of foreign aggression and slamming as "flagrant interference" the Arab League calls for President Bashar al-Assad to step down.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported Monday that up to 1 million people have been internally displaced since conflict began in Syria.
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