Turkey and Iran have agreed to build three power plants expected to use natural gas to generate 6000 MW and also plan to build hydroelectric plants together, a senior energy official confirmed recently.

UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Monday that the disputed deal reached last month between Iran and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is a right step forward to resolve Iran’s nuclear issue.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber on a motorized rickshaw detonated explosives Monday in a marketplace in southern Afghanistan, killing 28 people in one of the deadliest bombings since the fall of the Taliban. Children selling chewing gum and cigarettes were among the victims of the blast.