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Gaming fans dressed in cosplay outfits attend the Dubai Esports and Games Festival in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Saudi Arabia, the new home of some of soccer’s biggest stars and a co-owner of professional golf, is proving to be no less ambitious when it comes to another global pastime, the $180 billion-a-year video game industry. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Saudi Arabia is spending billions to become a global gaming hub. Some fans don’t want to play

By Nick El Hajj - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shake hands during a welcome ceremony, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Erdogan is beginning a three-stop tour of Gulf states to raise trade and investment for Turkey’s floundering economy. The president will arrive in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, July 17, 2023, accompanied by an entourage of some 200 businesspeople. Business forums have been arranged in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirate. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey’s Erdogan heads to Gulf seeking funds for ailing economy

By Andrew Wilks - Associated Press

In this photograph released by the United Arab Emirates' Presidential Court, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and Emirati President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan attend a reception for the Japanese leader at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, July 17, 2023. The Japanese prime minister visited the United Arab Emirates on Monday as part of a swing through the Arab Gulf states focused on energy and commerce. (Abdulla Al Neyadi/Emirati Presidential Court, via AP)

Japan’s prime minister visits the UAE as part of a Gulf trip focused on energy and commerce

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FILE - Peter Hellyer, visits an ancient Christian monastery on Siniyah Island in Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. Peter Hellyer, a British born writer with wide-ranging interests who spent nearly five decades chronicling the history, natural beauty and modern transformation of the United Arab Emirates, has died at the age of 75, local media reported Monday, July 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Peter Hellyer, prolific writer who chronicled the UAE’s rise over nearly five decades, dies at 75

By Nick El Hajj - Associated Press

In this photo released by UAE Presidential Court, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, greets Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs at Shati Palace in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, June 22, 2023. (Ryan Carter/UAE Presidential Court via AP)

UAE leader welcomes Iranian foreign minister in latest softening of Persian Gulf tensions

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United Arab Emirates sidles up to China, Russia illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

United States cannot stand idly by as United Arab Emirates sidles up to China, Russia

By Matthew Hedges

Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the 2023 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Summit, Monday, June 5, 2023, at the Grand Hyatt in Washington. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia to meet Crown Prince Mohammed

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

This still image taken from surveillance video from a U.S. Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon shows three Iranian Revolutionary Guard fast-attack vessels near a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz Sunday, June 4, 2023. The U.S. Navy said Monday, June 5, its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran's Revolutionary Guard "harassed" it. Iran did not immediately acknowledge the incident. (U.S. Navy via AP)

U.S. Navy says Iran Revolutionary Guard fast-attack boats ‘harassed’ ship in Strait of Hormuz

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this photo released on Nov. 9, 2019, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks in Damascus, Syria. (SANA via AP, File)

Returning to the Arab fold, Syria’s president invited to UAE-hosted COP28 climate

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the seized oil tankers Niovi, left, and Advantage Sweet, right, off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 6, 2023. Satellite images analyzed Sunday, May 7, 2023, by The Associated Press showed the location of two oil tankers recently seized by Iran amid tensions with the West. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Satellite images show tankers Iran seized off Bandar Abbas

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Caskets of those who died in a terror attack on a military parade in Iran are displayed in Ahvaz, Iran, Sept. 24, 2018. Iran hanged a man who was allegedly behind an attack that killed dozens of people at a military parade in the southern province of Khuzestan in 2018, state media reported on Saturday, May 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Iran hangs Iranian-Swedish man over 2018 attack killing 25

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Al Jazeera says long-held correspondent released in Egypt

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a fire near several hospitals in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Fighting between forces loyal to dueling generals raged in Sudan for a fifth day Wednesday, April 19, hours after an internationally brokered truce was supposed to have come into effect. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

No respite in Sudan as truce falls apart, rivals battle

By Jack Jeffery and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Luxury towers dominate the skyline in the Marina district, center, and the new Dubai Harbour development, right, are seen from the observation deck of "The View at The Palm Jumeirah" in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 6, 2021. The head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergey Naryshkin, held extensive meetings with United Arab Emirates leaders in Dubai in 2020. A U.S. official separately has told the AP that the United States also was worried about Russian money coming into Dubai's red-hot real estate market. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Leaked U.S. intel: Russia operatives claimed new ties with UAE

By Nomaan Merchant, Ellen Knickmeyer and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, at right, shakes hands with Saudi National Security Adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban, at left, as Wang Yi, China's most senior diplomat, looks on, at center, for a photo during a closed meeting held in Beijing, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed Friday to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after seven years of tensions. The major diplomatic breakthrough negotiated with China lowers the chance of armed conflict between the Mideast rivals, both directly and in proxy conflicts around the region. (Luo Xiaoguang/Xinhua via AP)

Saudi deal with Iran worries Israel, shakes up Middle East

By Isabel Debre and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Dubai boom sees Russian cash, high rents and reborn projects

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol talks during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week's opening ceremony in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

South Korea president, in UAE, backs return to nuclear power

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during a session on accelerating clean energy at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 9, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told The Associated Press on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, that he backs the United Arab Emirates' decision to appoint the CEO of a state-run oil company to preside over the upcoming U.N. climate negotiations in Dubai, citing his work on renewable energy projects. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

John Kerry tells AP he backs UAE oil chief overseeing COP28

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, center left, and Emirati leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan walk past an honor guard at Qasar Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. Yoon received an honor guard welcome Sunday on a trip to the United Arab Emirates, where Seoul hopes to expand its military sales while finishing its construction of the Arabian Peninsula's first nuclear power plant. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

South Korean president travels to UAE, seeks arms sales

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

The Emirati and Israeli flags fly overhead as Israeli President Isaac Herzog gives a speech at Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. When Israel struck an agreement to establish diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates in 2020, but two years after an expected windfall of Gulf Arab tourists to Israel has been little more than a trickle.(AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

United Arab Emirates says it will teach about the Holocaust in schools

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press