Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
A joint team of Syrian, the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation staff will visit Syria.
Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents said they were suspending peace talks with the US because of the "shaky, erratic and vague" US position.
E-mails purported to be from the Syrian president's private account show Assad took advice from Iran on how to handle the uprising.
UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said Wednesday that he had received President Bashar Assad's response to his proposals on ending the yearlong crisis in Syria.
The US soldier who allegedly shot 16 Afghan villagers was caught on surveillance video.
The US soldier who was accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan has been transferred out of the country.
Iran's Majlis (parliament) began questioning President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday over a number of irregularities in the political and economic spheres.
Syria will be present at the London Olympics despite ongoing violence in the country, with the IOC backing a small group of athletes who could qualify for Games.
Kofi Annan said here on Tuesday that he has been waiting for reply from the Syrian government to proposals on solving the Syrian crisis.
The Israeli government issued a travel advisory for Israelis in Turkey due to high chances of terrorist threat targeting Israeli, Jewish interests in the country.
The Pentagon was ask to explain why the soldier was sent back into combat after suffering a brain injury.
Taliban militants opened fire Tuesday on a delegation of senior Afghan officials - including two of President Hamid Karzai's brothers.
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