Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
Israelis have mixed feelings towards American involvement in Middle East peace and its role in Israel, according to a survey released Wednesday.
Hillary Clinton said in Helsinki that the UN-Arab League joint special envoy for Syria Kofi Annan is drafting a new peace plan on the conflict-torn country.
US Navy's Operation Chief Jonathan Greenert said the Iranian Navy has been "relatively quiet" in their dealing with US Naval forces in the Gulf recently.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country has no intention of attacking Syria after a Turkish fighter jet was shot down by Damascus.
Gunmen stormed a pro-government Syrian TV channel headquarters on Wednesday, bombing buildings and shooting dead three employees, state media said.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that his country is "in a state of a real war," noting that all of the Syrian polices should be directed to win that war.
NATO Secretary General Rasmussen on Tuesday strongly condemned the shooting down of a Turkish military jet by Syria last week, calling it "unacceptable."
South Korea will be forced to stop oil imports from Iran starting next month.
On the eve of the NATO meeting called by Turkey to discuss Syria's downing of its plane, relations between the two neighbors are on a dangerous slope.
The European Union (EU) on Monday formally approved an embargo on Iranian oil to be enforced on July 1.
Beijing congratulated Egypt's president-elect Mohammed Morsi on Monday, saying China expects to continue its longstanding friendly ties with Egypt.
China is "positive and open" toward a proposed international conference on the Syrian conflict in Geneva, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei.
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