DUBAI (AP) — Iran has started up new cascades of advanced centrifuges and plans to install others in the coming weeks after facing criticism over its nuclear program, the United Nations' atomic watchdog said Friday. The U.S. called the moves “nuclear escalations.” Spinning up new...

Dozens of Palestinians are having difficulty breathing after the Israeli army used tear gas bombs on Wednesday evening during clashes in the West Bank. Israeli army forces "raided the town of Beita south of the city of Nablus, firing live ammunition, sound bombs, and tear gas intensively...

Palestinian group Hamas has accused US Secretary of State Antony Blinken of seeking to exonerate Israel from obstructing the cease-fire. “Blinken’s attempts to exonerate the (Israeli) occupation and hold us responsible for obstructing a cease-fire are part of his country’s complicity in...

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warned Thursday of “catastrophic” environmental and health risks in the Gaza Strip amid an accumulation of waste in populated areas in the battered enclave. “As of 9 June, over 330,000 tons of waste have accumulated in or near populated...