KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 7 — The death toll from a suicide bombing in northern Afghanistan rose to 52 on Wednesday, making it the worst single suicide bombing in the country since 2001, government officials said. Among the dead were 18 schoolchildren, four teachers and six members of Parliament, including one …

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called on the Iranian law enforcement police to be vigilant, warning that enemies seek to spark insecurities in Iran to disrupt the country’s scientific and political progress.

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki underlined Tehran’s right to possess civilian nuclear technology, describing West’s threats against Iran as illogical and unacceptable.