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Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland poses with the DP World Tour Championship trophy and the Race to Dubai trophy after winning the World Tour Golf Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Rory McIlroy ends his year with another win in Dubai and a 6th title as Europe’s best

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Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland hits a shot from a bunker on the 4th hole during the second round of World Tour Golf Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Rory McIlroy one off the lead at World Tour Championship

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Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland hits off the first tee during the first round of World Tour Golf Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

McIlroy tied for lead at World Tour Championship, strengthens Race to Dubai title bid

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Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, hits out of the seventh fairway during the second round of the Tour Championship golf tournament, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

McIlroy targets reaching Scheffler and Schauffele levels as goals pile up for 2025

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Iranian-German national and U.S. resident Jamshid Sharmahd attends his trial at the Revolutionary Court, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. (Koosha Mahshid Falahi/Mizan News Agency via AP, File

An Iran official claims Iranian-German prisoner died before he could be executed

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this undated photo provided by Dubai Duty Free, Colm McLoughlin poses for a photograph in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. McLoughlin, an Irishman who landed in the deserts of the United Arab Emirates and helped lead Dubai Duty Free into becoming an airport retail behemoth generating billions of dollars, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. He was 81. (Dubai Duty Free via AP)

Colm McLoughlin, Irishman who led Dubai Duty Free to become an airport retail giant, dies at age 81

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Iranian-German national and U.S. resident Jamshid Sharmahd attends his trial at the Revolutionary Court, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. (Koosha Mahshid Falahi/Mizan News Agency via AP, File

Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who lived in U.S., executed in Iran over terror conviction

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Saudi Arabia's forward Fahad Al Muwallad, foreground, controls the ball against Lebanon's defender Moataz Bellah al Juna, background, during the AFC Asian Cup group E soccer match between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia at Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Mammar, file)

Saudi soccer player Al-Muwallad hospitalized after fall from balcony in Dubai

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Macklemore performs at Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater during the South by Southwest Music Festival on Friday, March 17, 2023, in Austin, Texas. American rapper Macklemore said Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, he canceled an upcoming October concert in Dubai over the United Arab Emirates' "role ... in the ongoing genocide and humanitarian crisis" stemming from the war gripping Sudan through its reported support of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces there. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)

American rapper Macklemore says he canceled Dubai show over UAE arming Sudan paramilitary forces

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Laborers work at a construction site with skyscrapers towering in the background in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

As the Middle East frets about conflict, Dubai booms with an influx of anxious wealth

By Michael Wakin - Associated Press

FILE - Container ships dock at the Dubai Port in the Jebel Ali Free Zone about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Dubai, United Arab Emirates Jan. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Dubai-based port operator DP World’s half-year profits fall nearly 60%, in part over Red Sea attacks

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

An Emirates plane taxis to a gate at Dubai International Airport at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck, File)

Dubai International Airport, busiest for global travel, sees half-year record of 44.9M passengers

By Michael Wakin - Associated Press

Palestinian swimmer Yazan Al Bawwab poses with his swim cap at Paris La Defense Arena during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Nanterre, France, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Janie McCauley)

Palestinian swimmer hopes to help build sports infrastructure to give people hope

By Janie McCauley - Associated Press

In this photograph released by the U.S. Navy, the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is seen July 4, 2024, in the South China Sea. The Roosevelt is replacing the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Navy's campaign against attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeting shipping in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. (Seaman Ryan Holloway/U.S. Navy, via AP)

A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targets a ship transiting the Bab el-Mandeb Strait

By Michael Wakin - Associated Press

This artist's rendering provided by the government of Dubai shows plans for Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest for international travel, will move its operations to the city-state's second, sprawling airfield in its southern desert reaches "within the next 10 years" in a project worth nearly $35 billion, its ruler said Sunday, April 28, 2024. (Dubai government via AP)

Dubai plans to move its busy international airport to a $35 billion new facility within 10 years

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

A man walks along a road barrier among floodwater caused by heavy rain on Sheikh Zayed Road highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world's busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike)

United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall ever hits desert nation

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Vehicles sit abandoned in floodwater covering a major road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Heavy thunderstorms lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, dumping over a year and a half's worth of rain on the desert city-state of Dubai in the span of hours as it flooded out portions of major highways and its international airport. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Storm dumps record rain across the desert nation of UAE and floods the Dubai airport

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Jet suit pilots race in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Dubai on Wednesday hosted what it called its first-ever jet suit race. Racers zipped along a route with the skyscrapers of Dubai Marina looming behind them, controlling the jet engines on their hands and their backs. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Real life ‘Iron Man’: Pilots race in jet suits against a backdrop of Dubai skyscrapers

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Jasmine Paolini of Italy celebrates winning the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships against Anna Kalinskaya in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Paolini defeats Kalinskaya in comeback victory for Dubai title

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Solana Cirstea of Romania celebrates after beating Marketa Vondrousova of Czech Republic during a quarter final match of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Cirstea saves 6 match points in Dubai quarterfinals win over Vondrousova

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