Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
Armed groups blasted an oil pipeline in Syria's eastern Deir al-Zour province overnight Sunday, causing fire at the explosion site, state-run SANA news agency said.
An Israeli government committee has recently given greenlight to a new communication system for it to integrate the police, military, medical and environmental networks.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounced what she called the "brazen and unacceptable" downing of a Turkish fighter jet by Syria forces.
Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi defeated ex-prime minister Ahmed Shafiq on Sunday to become Egypt's first post-uprising president.
Iran's controversial nuclear program and the crisis in Syria are expected to be on top of the agenda of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Israel.
The Turkish fighter jet was shot down by Syria in international airspace on Friday, said Turkish Foreign Minister in an interview.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ordered a cabinet shake-up on Saturday, keeping three major portfolios unchanged.
The Syrian president ordered a cabinet shake-up Saturday, keeping three major portfolios unchanged, namely, the ministers of defense, foreign affairs and interior.
Head of Syria's National Olympic Committee General Mowaffak Joumaa said he has not received any official response from the British government about weather allowing or banning him from attending the upcoming Olympics.
Israel launched air raids early on Saturday against three Hamas security targets in the Gaza Strip, wounding at least 17 people, Hamas medical officials said.
A Syrian military spokesman said a Turkish fighter jet had penetrated the Syrian airspace earlier on Friday and it was shot down by Syrian army with anti-aviation artillery.
UN-Arab League joint envoy to Syria Kofi Annan said on Friday that an international conference on Syria could take place in Geneva on June 30.
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