Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
US targeted Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) for sanctions over its alleged support to terrorist groups and the Syrian government.
Israeli army chief Lt.- Gen. Benny Gantz said Wednesday that Israel will stand determined to face the Iranian nuclear program.
Syria staunchly opposed the use of international peacekeepers but would welcome observers to its troubled territory.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled on Wednesday a new generation of centrifuge for uranium enrichment.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad loaded nuclear fuel rods into the Tehran Research Reactor on Wednesday, state TV reported.
Iran has domestically made nuclear centrifuges and fuel rods using domestically-enriched 20-percent uranium, the state TV said on Wednesday.
Syria's state-run news agency says President Bashar Assad has set February 26 for a national referendum on the country's new draft constitution.
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast on Wednesday condemned Bangkok blasts.
A senior Hamas official on Tuesday said the Doha agreement between Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was not final.
Syria's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday totally rejected the report by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), regarding it as "new allegations."
A senior commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said that Iran will not bow to the Western threats of war or economic sanctions.
Gaza runner Bahaa al-Farra treads carefully, braving the elements and potholed roads ravaged by years of conflict between Palestinian militants and the Israeli army, as he prepares to race at the London Olympics.
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