Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
European Union foreign ministers have decided to impose more sanctions on Syria as violence persists.
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails agreed on Monday to end an almost month-long hunger strike after reaching an Egyptian-brokered agreement with Israel.
Rebels killed 23 Syrian soldiers on Monday in battles around the town of Rastan that further undermined a sagging UN-backed ceasefire.
A senior UN nuclear watchdog official said Iran needed to give his inspectors access to information, people and sites.
Six Chinese United Nations (UN) military observers left Beijing for Syria on Monday to monitor a ceasefire, upon the UN's request.
An Iranian court has sentenced 13 people found guilty of involvement in espionage activities for the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reiterated Iran's resolution to retain its absolute nuclear rights.
An official in Iran's Energy Ministry said Sunday that the Islamic republic will start exporting electricity to Syria and Lebanon in the near future.
The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan, Jan Kubis, hailed China's support for the peace and reconstruction process of the war-torn country.
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia and Oceania Affairs Abbas Araghchi has said that Baghdad is safe for upcoming nuclear meeting of Iran and the major powers of the world.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the upcoming talks between Tehran and the six world powers.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded on Saturday to a political letter Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gave to Israel on April 17.
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