Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
Russia on Saturday accused a newly- adopted UN Human Rights Council resolution "unilateral".
Kofi Annan, joint special envoy of the United Nations and Arab League, will travel to Moscow and Beijing this weekend for talks on the crisis in Syria.
The European Union (EU) on Friday reinforced its sanctions against Syria once more, putting President Assad's wife on the blacklist.
Afghanistan's Taliban said the militant group had no faith in any trial for the US soldier suspected of gunning down 17 civilians.
It would be the worst mistake in US history if it attacks Iran, former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said.
UN-Arab League joint envoy on Syria Kofi Annan will visit Moscow later this week, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said Thursday.
The upcoming Arab Summit will focus on the latest developments in Syria and the Palestinian cause.
The head of al Qaida has called footage of US Marines appearing to urinate on the corpses of Afghans proof of Western depravity.
The United Nations Security Council adopted a presidential statement that backed Kofi Annan's proposal to end the ongoing violence in Syria.
The UN Security Council on Wednesday voiced "full support" for the peace efforts in Syria of Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League joint special envoy.
China here on Wednesday expressed the hope that the UN Security Council will unite in backing the mediation efforts in Syria made by UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan.
A suicide bomber riding a car bomb blew himself up late Tuesday in Syria's southern Daraa province, killing an unidentified number of civilians and law-enforcement members.
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