Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
US drones raided al-Qaida fighters in Yemen's southeastern province of Shabwa on Friday, killing at least seven terrorists.
The US Treasury Department announced on Friday that it had slapped sanctions on the Syrian defense minister and two senior military officials.
China on Friday called on Syria's opposition to respond to the six-point peace plan proposed by UN-Arab League joint envoy Kofi Annan as soon as possible.
Syria on Thursday promised to make all efforts to make Annan's mission a success.
The Arab leaders ended the Arab League (AL) summit in Baghdad after approving the final statement and a document named Baghdad declaration.
Iran's supreme leader said Thursday Tehran opposes any intervention by foreign forces in Syria's internal affairs, local media reported.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday that Syria would exert all efforts to make Annan's mission a success to restore security and stability to Syria.
The US State Department said on Wednesday that the Syrian government is not implementing the peace plan put forward by UN special envoy Kofi Annan.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi said Wednesday that the next round of G5+1 nuclear talks will be held on April 13.
The US Treasury Department announced Tuesday it would slap fresh sanctions on an Iranian airline, a trading company and three military officials.
Syria reportedly accepted Tuesday a six-point plan by Kofi Annan, the joint special envoy of the UN and Arab League (AL) for Syria, to end the year-long violence.
Twenty-five of Syria's opposition groups got united under the umbrella of the Syrian National Council (SNC) at the end of a close-door meeting in Turkey's Istanbul on Tuesday.
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