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FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 file photo, Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the ninth hole of the North Course during the second round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. Tiger Woods is returning to competition at his holiday tournament in the Bahamas the week after Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File) **FILE**

Tiger Woods to return in the Bahamas

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

FILE- In this Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017 file photo U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, shakes hands with people at Bangassou Cathedral Bangui, Central African Republic. Surrounded by hostile Christian militias, Muslim civilians in the volatile Central African Republic town of Bangassou have paid small fortunes to United Nations contractors to hide them in vehicles and take them to safety after U.N. peacekeepers repeatedly refused to do so, according to multiple people who made the journey. (AP Photo/Joel Kouam, File)

In C. African Republic, UN contractors bribed to aid Muslims

By ZACK BADDORF - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2016 file photo, people watch the sunset over the skyline, with Burj Khalifa at right, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Oct. 7, 2016. The coming film &quot;Geostorm&quot; marks just the latest movie in which Western filmmakers put the commercial capital of the United Arab Emirates in its crosshairs. As a mammoth wave from the Persian Gulf rises up to drown fleeing beachgoers and wash over downtown Dubai and the world’s tallest building, you can be forgiven for thinking you’ve seen this all before. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Coming to a movie theater near you: Dubai destroyed, again

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this Sept. 26, 2017 photo, a Volocopter prototype flies in front of the two hotel towers during a test flight in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai is hoping to one day have flying, pilotless taxis darting among its skyscrapers. Just this week, the city-state in the United Arab Emirates hosted crews from the German company Volocopter, which had an electric, battery-powered two-seat prototype take off and land. Dubai hopes to have rules in place in the next five years to be ready for having the aircraft regularly flying through its skies. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Dubai dreams of flying taxis darting among its skyscrapers

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 photo, Eric Ballard of Granby, Colorado, the group beverage manager for Sunset Hospitality, pours a beer at the Black Tap restaurant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai long has been known for its clubbing scene and cocktail bars, but there’s a new thirst for craft beer. New businesses are springing up and exotic brews are replacing the country’s standard lagers. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Craft beers trickle into Dubai, shaking up a cocktail scene

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FILE- In this Wednesday, Aug 3, 2016 file photo, a damaged Boeing 777 is seen at the Dubai airport after it crash-landed, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Investigators said Sunday no mechanical issues affected an Emirates flight before it crash landed in Dubai and burst into flames last year, as their probe continues to look at &quot;human performance factors&quot; around the inciden. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, file)

Report: No mechanical issues before Emirates crash landing

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Smoke and fire rise from a high-rise building at Marina district in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. A fire broke out after midnight Friday in one of the world's tallest residential towers in Dubai, engulfing part of the skyscraper and sending chunks of debris plummeting below. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Fire put out at 86-story residential skyscraper in Dubai

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

In this Monday, July 10, 2017 photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani shakes hands with Afghan-American female pilot Shaesta Waiz at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. Waiz, who is on a solo flight around the world to inspire young women, has taken a detour to visit Afghanistan. Waiz left her single-engine plane in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, to take a commercial flight to Kabul where she landed on Monday night. Waiz began her journey in May and has since stopped in 11 countries, with eight more to go. (Afghan Presidential Palace via AP)

Afghan-American female pilot seeks to inspire young women

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Passengers check into a flight at Abu Dhabi International Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Travelers bound for the U.S. now enjoy something many others flying out of the Middle East can’t _ walking onto an airplane with their laptop. But what has changed in Abu Dhabi remains unclear as the laptop ban still affects nine other regional airports, including the world’s busiest for international travel in nearby Dubai. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Emirates, Turkish Airlines try to join Etihad off laptop ban

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this Jan. 1, 2015, file photo, staff members of Al-Jazeera International work at the news studio in Doha, Qatar. Kuwait has given Qatar a list of demands from Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations that includes shutting down Al-Jazeera and cutting diplomatic ties to Iran. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File)

Turkey rejects Gulf Arab states’ demands over its Qatar base

By Adam Schreck and Josh Lederman - Associated Press

In this Friday, June 16, 2017 photo, Qatar Airways planes are seen parked at the Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar. The deadline for Qataris to leave neighboring Gulf Arab states has come into effect as the diplomatic standoff persists despite multiple mediation efforts. (AP Photo/Malak Harb)

Crisis sees air travel hub Qatar cut off from local routes

By MALAK HARB - Associated Press

FILE - In April 20, 2010 file photo, an Emirates airline passenger jet taxis on the tarmac at Dubai International airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Emirates said it is suspending flights to Qatar amid a growing diplomatic rift. The airline said on its website Monday, June 5, 2017, that flights would be suspended until further notice starting Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

The Latest: US colleges say programs in Qatar continue

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Bahrain cuts diplomatic ties with Qatar amid rift between Gulf Arab nations

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Sergio Garcia, of Spain, hits off the first tee during the final round of the Byron Nelson golf tournament, Sunday, May 21, 2017, in Irving, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

A big week for European golf, but baby steps to narrow gap

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Donald Trump Jr., son of then President-elect Donald Trump, walks from the elevator at Trump Tower, in New York in this Nov. 16, 2016, file photo. Trump Jr. traveled recently to Dubai to discuss “new ideas” with a billionaire business partner and give a commencement address at a private university. An Instagram picture posted Tuesday, May 16, 2017 showed Trump with Hussain Sajwani, the chairman of DAMAC Properties, who built one Trump golf course and plans a second in Dubai. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Donald Trump Jr., Dubai business partner discuss ‘new ideas’

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Mike Tyson makes a fist during an interview with The Associated Press, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, May 4, 2017. Tyson is in Dubai to announce the start of his worldwide boxing gym franchise. Tyson said Thursday that a city like Dubai can show people the best of the Middle East, its people and Islam. Tyson praised the sheikhdom as &quot;a party place, a place you have a good time at. This is like New York, man!&quot; He said that contradicts some negative perceptions of the Mideast. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Mike Tyson lauds Dubai while promoting boxing gym franchise

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FILE- In this Nov. 7, 2015 file photo, made available by the Emirates News Agency, WAM, a convoy of UAE military vehicles and personnel travels from Al Hamra Military Base to Zayed Military City, marking the return of the first batch of UAE Armed Forces military personnel from Yemen, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The UAE is better known for its skyscrapers and pampered luxuries, but its battle-hardened military that's gained on-the-ground experience in the last decades is expanding into new bases in Africa. (Ryan Carter-Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi/WAM via AP)

UAE’s battle-hardened military expands into Africa, Mideast

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 file photo, an Emirati man watches through a special viewfinder at the Museum of the future during the opening day of the World Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. As Dubai races toward a future of self-driving cars and drones filling its sky, an official says cybersecurity has become a growing concern. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

As Dubai focuses on future, cybersecurity a growing concern

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March 22, 2017, file photo, an Emirates plane taxis to a gate at Dubai International Airport at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Middle East's biggest airline says it is reducing flights to the United States because of a drop in demand caused by tougher U.S. security measures and attempts by the Trump administration to ban travelers from a number of Muslim-majority nations. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck, File)

Emirates trims U.S. flights after Trump administration’s travel ban

By Adam Schreck - Associated Press

A stock ticker displays the share price and trade volume of Emaar Malls and others stock at the Dubai Financial Market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, March 27, 2017. Dubai's Emaar Malls, a subsidiary of the state-backed construction firm Emaar, said Monday it made an $880-million offer to buy the online retailer Souq.com amid rumors of a possible acquisition of the firm by Amazon. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Emaar Malls offers $800M for Souq.com amid Amazon rumors

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press