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Omran Sharaf, the project director for the Emirates' Hope space probe to Mars, speaks on his mobile phone at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, July 19, 2020. A Japanese H-IIA rocket carrying a United Arab Emirates Mars spacecraft has been placed on the launch pad for Monday's scheduled liftoff for the Arab world's first interplanetary mission, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Japan rocket carrying UAE Mars probe ready for Monday launch

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this image made from MHI's youtube channel, the H-IIA rocket with United Arab Emirates' Mars orbiter Hope lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, southern Japan, Monday, July 20, 2020. (MHI via AP)

UAE’s Amal spacecraft rockets toward Mars in Arab world 1st

By Mari Yamaguchi and Victoria Milko - Associated Press

Mahmood al-Nasser, left, and Mohammad Nasser al-Emadi, center, test the Emirates Mars Mission probe's &quot;flat sat&quot; at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Thursday, June 25, 2020. The spacecraft, named Amal, which is Arabic for Hope, is an orbiter scheduled to launch from Japan in July 2020, on what will be the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. It is scheduled to arrive at Mars in 2021, the year the UAE marks the 50th anniversary of its founding. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

UAE Mars mission liftoff on Japan rocket reset for Monday

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

UN court rules in Qatar’s favor in aviation boycott case

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In this family photograph, Eudinson Uy, right, poses for a photograph with his wife, Allaina Pelayo, and their infant son Benjamin Timoteo, in Yerevan, Armenia, July 9, 2020. They are among the hundreds of thousands of foreign residents of the United Arab Emirates who now are stuck abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Eudinson Uy via AP)

Foreign workers struggle to return to UAE amid virus limbo

By MALAK HARB - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, May 6, 2015, file photo, Sarah Amiri, deputy project manager of the United Arab Emirates Mars mission, talks about the project named &quot;Hope,&quot; or &quot;al-Amal&quot; in Arabic, which is scheduled for launch in 2020, during a ceremony in Dubai, UAE. Three countries — the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates — are sending unmanned spacecraft to the red planet in quick succession beginning in July 2020. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Look out, Mars: Here we come with a fleet of spacecraft

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

UAE wants Libya to ‘return to oil production’ amid war

Associated Press

FILE - In this June 10, 2020 file photo, an official wearing a mask due to the coronavirus pandemic operates a temperature screening point at Dubai International Airport's Terminal 3 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Efforts by the United Arab Emirates to fight the coronavirus have renewed questions about mass surveillance in this U.S.-allied federation of seven sheikhdoms. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Virus projects renew questions about UAE’s mass surveillance

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

The front desk staff wearing masks due to the coronavirus pandemic help customers at the Rove City Centre Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, July 6, 2020. Dubai reopened for tourists Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic, hoping to reinvigorate a vital industry for this city-state before its crucial winter tourist season. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Thermometers in hand, Dubai opens for tourists amid coronavirus pandemic

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Kayakers race in front of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, June 19, 2020. Dubai has begun allowing organized sports competitions to take place after locking down over the coronavirus pandemic and the COVID-19 illness it causes. Competitions held Friday at the Dubai Offshore Sailing Club were among the first events to be held. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

UAE orders government shakeup as virus erodes economic gains

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Israeli, UAE technology firms pen deal on virus research

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Sunday, June 28, 2020. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Benjamin Netanyahu vow to annex West Bank land moves forward

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, front, and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz wearing face masks attend a graduation ceremony for new pilots in Hatzerim air force base near the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, June 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, Pool)

Israel says it reached deal with UAE to jointly fight virus

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

In this Sept. 5, 2019, file photo, supporters of southern separatists gather with the flags of south Yemen and the United Arab Emirates during a rally to show support for the UAE amid a standoff with the internationally recognized government, in Aden, Yemen. (AP Photo/Wail al-Qubaty, File)

Saudis say Yemen’s government, separatists agree to truce

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

Yemen separatists consolidate grip in area of UNESCO site

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

Fighting reportedly erupts in Yemen’s UNESCO heritage site

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

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UAE minister Anwar Gargash: Region’s dangers demand ‘activist’ stance

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 12, 2020 file, photo, Yemeni medical workers wearing masks and protective gear stand at the entrance of a hospital in Aden, Yemen. The international aid group Doctors Without Borders has reported a spike of deaths and infections from coronavirus, including health workers at a facility it runs in Aden. Residents of Aden had previously said several hospitals shut their doors as medical staffers feared contracting the virus while lacking protective equipment. (AP Photo/Wail al-Qubaty, File)

UN: Yemen programs fighting virus might stop by end of June

By SAMY MAGDY and AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

In this June 17, 2014, file photo, Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths walks out of Dubai International Airport's Terminal 3 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Paul Griffiths, Dubai airport CEO: Global travel still up in air over the coronavirus

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this Friday, May 8, 2020 photo, people look out at the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, at sunset in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai built a city on the promise of globalization, creating itself as a vital hub for the free movement of trade, people and money worldwide. Now, with events cancelled, flights grounded and investment halted, this sheikhdom in the UAE faces both the threat of the coronavirus and a growing economic crisis. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Built for a global economy, Dubai now threatened by virus

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press