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Britain Bars Israeli Government From a Leading Arms Trade Fair
ByMark Landler August 29, 2025

The British government said it was acting in response to Israel’s escalating military operation in Gaza. Israel condemned the decision.

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Britain Bars Israeli Government From a Leading Arms Trade Fair
ByMark Landler August 29, 2025August 29, 2025

The British government said it was acting in response to Israel’s escalating military operation in Gaza. Israel condemned the decision.

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Relics From an Ancient Egyptian ‘Party Town’ Are Pulled Out of the Sea
ByJenny Gross August 28, 2025

Remnants of a 2,000-year-old sunken city, Canopus, were lifted from waters off Alexandria, Egypt, revealing the city might have been larger than thought.

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Lawmakers Visit Syria to Push for Repealing Sanctions Law
ByRobert Jimison August 25, 2025

A bipartisan pair of members of Congress made the first official U.S. visit there since the fall of the Assad government, arguing that it was time to permanently lift American sanctions.

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Lawmakers Visit Syria to Push for Repealing Sanctions Law
ByRobert Jimison August 25, 2025

A bipartisan pair of members of Congress made the first official U.S. visit there since the fall of the Assad government, arguing that it was time to permanently lift American sanctions.

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How Starmer, Macron and Merz Tried to Halt the War in Gaza
ByMichael D. Shear, Steven Erlanger and Roger Cohen August 10, 2025August 10, 2025

Images of starving children and Israel’s planned expansion of settlements spurred Britain, France and Germany to a tougher stance. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undeterred.

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Nicholas Clapp, 89, Dies; ‘Real-Life Indiana Jones’ Pursued a Lost City
ByJeré Longman August 7, 2025

A documentary filmmaker and amateur archaeologist, he was consumed by the desire to find an ancient city in the Arabian desert known as Atlantis of the Sands.

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Nicholas Clapp, 89, Dies; ‘Real-Life Indiana Jones’ Pursued a Lost City
ByJeré Longman August 7, 2025August 8, 2025

A documentary filmmaker and amateur archaeologist, he was consumed by the desire to find an ancient city in the Arabian desert known as Atlantis of the Sands.

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Sykes-Picot, the 109-Year-Old Pact That Looms Over French and British Moves to Recognize a Palestinian State
ByMark Landler August 3, 2025August 3, 2025

The Sykes-Picot Agreement was a secret treaty Britain and France signed more than a century ago. Many consider it to have seeded a legacy of strife in the Middle East.

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UK Will Recognize Palestinian Statehood In September, Unless Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire is Reached
ByMark Landler July 29, 2025

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his country would act unless there was a truce, citing the “intolerable” humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

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