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Iran has ramped up production of highly enriched uranium, according to a confidential UN watchdog report, as Tehran said Saturday that it had received US proposals to settle its long-running nuclear dispute with the West.

Iran rejected the report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the latest move in years-long efforts to restrict its nuclear activities over fears that it is seeking to develop nuclear weapons.

The IAEA report, seen by AFP, said Iran had sharply increased its…

Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria—Libya’s three neighboring countries—on Saturday called on all Libyan parties to put an “immediate” end to escalation and hold simultaneous parliamentary and presidential elections, Anadolu reports.

The call was made in a joint statement released by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry following a Libya-related trilateral meeting in Cairo.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, Tunisian Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Nafti, and…

Hamas announced on Saturday that it had replied to a US-backed Gaza ceasefire proposal, but Washington’s main negotiator criticised the response as “totally unacceptable”.

The Palestinian militant group said its response was positive while emphasising the need for a permanent ceasefire — long a sticking point for Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed US envoy Steve Witkoff’s assessment that the response was “unacceptable”, accusing Hamas of clinging “to its…