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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. (Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Iran summons Russian envoy over statement on Persian Gulf disputed islands

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Kuwait's then-Crown Prince Sheik Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attends the closing session of the 25th Arab Summit in Bayan Palace in Kuwait City, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Kuwait's ruling emir, the 86-year-old Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, has died, state television reported Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Waggi, File)

Kuwait’s ruling emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, dies at age 86

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber gestures at the end of the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Experts at odds over U.N. climate talks in Dubai; ‘Historic,’ ‘pipsqueak’ or something else?

By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

Activists participate in a demonstration for the end of fossil fuels at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

As COP28 negotiators wrestle with fossil fuels, activists urge them to remember what’s at stake

By Uzmi Athar and Press Trust of India - Associated Press

Activists hold signs during a demonstration for Egypt's jailed leading pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah and Mohamed al-Siddiq, jailed activist, at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Report says United Arab Emirates is trying nearly 90 detainees on terror charges during COP28 summit

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Face and iris-recognition gates are shown during a media tour at Dubai airport, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, March 7, 2021. Dubai airport offers the latest artificial intelligence program amid the surging coronavirus pandemic, with contact-less technology the government promotes as helping to stem the spread of the virus. But the efforts also have renewed questions about mass surveillance in the federation of seven sheikhdoms, which experts believe has among the highest per capita concentrations of surveillance cameras in the world. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

At U.N. climate talks, cameras are everywhere. Many belong to Emirati company with a murky history

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds the annual meeting of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, via video conference, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin to discuss Israel-Hamas war during a 1-day trip to Saudi Arabia and UAE

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani at a hotel during a day of meetings, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Amman, Jordan, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023.(Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

Qatar takes risks while digging in as Palestinian supporter, ponders what do to with newfound clout

By Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

Demonstrators participate in a protest against the Israel-Hamas war during the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Here’s why the UAE, the autocratic COP28 host, has to allow limited protests at the summit

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Bahrain's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa pays his respects to the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, following her death, during her lying-in-state at Westminster Hall, in London, Sunday Sept. 18, 2022. The websites of two government ministries in Bahrain briefly became inaccessible Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, after a statement claimed hackers took them down over the island kingdom's stance on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.(John Sibley/Pool via AP, File)

Bahrain government websites briefly inaccessible after cyberattack over Israel-Hamas war

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. David A. Mineau speaks at the Dubai International Air Chiefs' Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. As Israel unleashes one of the most-intense aerial bombing campaigns the Mideast has ever seen, leaders from the world's top air forces met Sunday in the United Arab Emirates to talk almost anything that wasn't an airstrike. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Dubai air chiefs summit, sponsored by Israeli firm, avoids discussing strikes as Hamas war rages

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Dante Exum of Dallas Mavericks dribbles across the court during a preseason NBA game between Dallas Mavericks and Milwaukee Bucks Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Timberwolves top Mavericks 111-99 in NBA preseason opener in Abu Dhabi

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground right, attends the launch ceremony for the first technological line for liquefying natural gas on gravity bases as part of the Arctic LNG2 (Liquefied Natural Gas) project at the center for the construction of large-tonnage offshore structures (CSCMS) of Novatek-Murmansk company in the village of Belokamenka, about 1700 km (1063 miles) north of Moscow, Murmansk region, Russia, Thursday, July 20, 2023. The U.S. is sanctioning a newly established UAE company, which provides engineering and technology that Western corporations previously offered, to Russia’s Arctic liquefied natural gas project, as well as multiple Russian companies involved in its development. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

New U.S. sanctions target workarounds that let Russia get Western tech for war

By Emma Burrows - Associated Press

Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, on Sept. 16, 2019, in Washington. Hundreds of prisoners have suspended their monthlong hunger strike in Bahrain just ahead of a visit of the island nation’s crown prince to the United States. The strike will pause until Sept. 30 as some prisoners suffered health problems and to see if promised changes by Bahrain’s government at the Jaw Rehabilitation and Reform Center will happen. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Hundreds of Bahrain prisoners suspend hunger strike as crown prince to visit United States

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From left, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS group photo during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Gianluigi Guercia/Pool via AP)

Small nations joining BRICS threaten American security

By Ivan Sascha Sheehan

From left, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS group photo during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Gianluigi Guercia/Pool via AP)

Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are among 6 nations set to join China and Russia in BRICS economic bloc

By Gerald Imray and Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

A house's entrance gate is buried under the sand at the Bedouin village of al-Ghuraifabout 100 km, 62 miles, southeast of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, July 9, 2023. Built-in the 1970s, the village was abandoned two decades later as oil wealth transformed the country into a global hub of commerce and tourism, home to the futuristic cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

An abandoned desert village an hour from Dubai offers a glimpse at the UAE’s hardscrabble past

By Nick El Hajj - Associated Press

This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows the Jaw Rehabilitation and Reform Center near Jaw, Bahrain, July 26, 2023. Bahrain prison inmates are taking part in a hunger strike over conditions there, activists and authorities said Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, the latest sign of simmering unrest in the island kingdom a decade after the Arab Spring. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Bahrain prison inmates are on hunger strike, the latest sign of simmering unrest in island kingdom

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

People enjoy the sunset with the view of city skyline and the world tallest tower, Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Jan. 29, 2021. The FIFA World Cup may be bringing as many as 1.2 million fans to Qatar, but the nearby flashy emirate of Dubai is also looking to cash in on the major sports tournament taking place just a short flight away. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Texas woman known as the ‘Sassy Trucker’ leaves Dubai after monthslong legal dispute

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Ryan Gosling, left, and Margot Robbie in a scene from "Barbie." The United Arab Emirates announced Thursday, Aug. 4, 2023, that it has approved the release of the Barbie movie after a delay of over a month over possible content issues. (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP, File)

Delayed by over a month, the ‘Barbie’ movie will now be released in the United Arab Emirates

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