Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
The Yemen-based al-Qaida wing on Wednesday proposed to the Yemeni government the release of its jailed members in exchange for 73 government soldiers captured during fighting in the southern Abyan province four days ago.
China's envoy to Syria Li Huaxin said Wednesday that Syria's Foreign Minister welcomed China's statement for the political resolution on the Syrian issue.
The Islamic conference of ministers responsible for water convened here Monday, under the theme of "Working Together for a Water Secure Future".
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council on Tuesday began a closed-door discussion over a new Syria resolution to end the country's months-long violence.
The six world powers that used to engage in Iran nuclear talks have accepted an Iranian offer to revive negotiations after months of stalemate.
Indian police have detained an Iranian freelance journalist in the Indian capital over his suspected role in the bomb attack on an Israeli embassy car.
Obama rejected the notion that Washington has to decide over the next two months whether to launch a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, saying war is not "a game."
Obama said on Tuesday that it is a "mistake" to think that the US could take unilateral military action in Syria and that there is a simple solution to the crisis there.
Iran said it will give the U.N. nuclear watchdog access to its Parchin military complex, news agency ISNA reported on Tuesday.
Obama and Netanyahu failed to iron out their differences over Iran's nuclear program.
Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou has called for enhanced ties with India in different sectors, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported Monday.
Syria's official SANA news agency launched scathing criticisms Monday on the US sanctions targeting Syria's official media broadcasting organization.
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