United Arab Emirates

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This artist rendering shows the $5 billion project, MOON envisioned on the Dubai Pearl, a coveted plot of land at the base of The Palm Jumeirah.

Dubai's next big thing? Perhaps a $5 billion man-made 'moon' as the city's real estate market booms

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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar meets Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel Eli Cohen, in New Delhi on May 9, 2023.

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Evacuees flown out of Sudan disembark a Qatari C-17 Globemaster at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, on May 6, 2023.

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The hosting rights of the 2023 Asia Cup, scheduled to be held in ODI format, are with the Pakistan Cricket Board but BCCI secretary Jay Shah, who is also the ACC chairman, has made it clear that the Indian cricket team will not travel to Pakistan. Image for representational purpose only.

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An iconic Sharjah cricket stadium stand has been renamed after Sachin Tendulkar in a special ceremony in the UAE. File.

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In this picture released by the office of the Iranian supreme leader, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting with a group of university students in Tehran, Iran, on April 18, 2023.

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A column of smoke rises behind buildings near the airport area in Khartoum on April 19, 2023.

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Char marks are seen after an apartment fire in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Sunday, April 16, 2023. A fire swept through an apartment building in an older neighbourhood of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, killing multiple people and injuring another several, authorities said.

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File photo of the Pentagon. A major U.S. intelligence breach may suggest a surge in dealings between UAE and Russia.

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President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets with Iran’s top security official Ali Shamkhani, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 16, 2023.

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Official photograph of HH Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, released March 29, 2023 by the UAE Presidential Court.

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