Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
Heavy street fighting between militants and security forces in the center of the Afghan capital Kabul ended.
A team of observers arrived in the Syrian capital of Damascus late Sunday to monitor the fragile cease-fire brokered by international envoy Kofi Annan.
The UN Security Council voted unanimously to dispatch 30 monitors to Damascus, but the decision does not mean world has reached consensus.
In a rare show of unity, Iran and the world's major powers welcomed their first nuclear meeting after a year of deadlock over Iran's nuclear talks.
Five people, including three members of a family, were killed and four others injured in separate bomb and gunfire attacks in Iraq, the police said on Sunday.
A roadside bomb targeting a Yemeni security patrol killed three children on their way to school in the southern province of Hadramout on Sunday, the Defence Ministry said.
The United Nations Security Council on Saturday voted unanimously a resolution which authorizes the deployment of 30 unarmed military observers to monitor the ceasefire in Syria.
The talks between six world powers and Iran over Tehran's nuclear issue achieved positive achievements, a Chinese government official said.
The UN Security Council on Saturday decided to send an advance team of up to 30 unarmed military observers to Syria in order to monitor the ceasefire.
Chinese UN Ambassador Li Baodong on Saturday warned against any attempt to create difficulties or make trouble for the mediation efforts of Kofi Annan.
World powers and Iran held talks on Tehran's nuclear programme in Istanbul on Saturday in a "constructive atmosphere", a European Union spokesman said after the first session.
Iran and world powers have a rare chance on Saturday to halt a downward diplomatic spiral over Tehran's nuclear programme and ease fears of a new Middle East war when they resume talks, but diplomats warn against expecting quick results.
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