ISTANBUL

At least three workers have been seriously injured in an explosion at a sugar factory in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat.

Initial reports suggest the explosion occurred where the factory's propellers to release stack gas are located. 

Three workers were seriously wounded in the blast and have been transferred to nearby hospitals for treatment.

Russia signed two agreements Nov. 19 to finance and build Egypt's first nuclear power plant, in a ceremony attended by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

A local court has ordered the arrest of an Istanbul deputy police chief on charges of committing premeditated murder.

The deputy police chief, Celal Y?lmaz, 51, was recorded on video shooting motorcyclist Ahmet Sülüso?lu, 32, following an argument in Istanbul's Halkal? district in Aug. 17, police said.

A local court has ordered the arrest of an Istanbul deputy police chief on charges of committing premeditated murder.

The deputy police chief, Celal Y?lmaz, 51, was recorded on video shooting motorcyclist Ahmet Sülüso?lu, 32, following an argument in Istanbul's Halkal? district in Aug. 17, police said.

Turkish coast guards recovered the bodies of four refugees off the coast of the Aegean province of Mu?la late Nov. 19, Turkish Coast Guard Command sources said.

The suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks was questioned by German police at Cologne-Bonn airport early last year before he boarded a plane to Istanbul, Spiegel magazine reported on Nov. 19, quoting security officials. 

The U.S. has adjusted its policy in the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), turning its focus on targets, including energy infrastructure facilities, that are more difficult to replace, U.S. Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein has said. 

Turkey has been hosting the world's biggest international summits in the last couple of days. Following the G-20 Summit in Antalya last weekend, now it's Istanbul's turn to host the Atlantic Council Summit, the globe's biggest energy summit.

Whistling while the national anthem of a rival team was being played and whistling and chanting slogans during a moment of silence for the innocent victims who lost their lives in the Paris massacre - these shameful acts took place just the other night in Istanbul. 

Turkey has been hosting the world's biggest international summits in the last couple of days. Following the G-20 Summit in Antalya last weekend, now it's Istanbul's turn to host the Atlantic Council Summit, the globe's biggest energy summit.