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A bomb blast targeting a convoy of foreign forces near the US embassy in Kabul Wednesday killed at least three people and wounded 15, officials said, the latest militant attack to rock the Afghan capital, AFP reported.

Interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish confirmed the blast targeted "a convoy of foreign forces passing the area".

Construction workers in northeastern Turkey have unearthed a remarkably well-preserved skeleton, allegedly belonging to a 19th century Russian soldier who died fighting during the 1877-78 Russo-Turkish war.

Following years of often strict budget austerity, the level of government borrowing in the 19-country eurozone has fallen to its lowest level since early 2008.

Official figures Tuesday show the deficit in the eurozone was at 1.4 percent of annual gross domestic product in the fourth quarter of 2016, from 1.6 percent in the previous three-month period.

During a visit to Istanbul a few years ago, I met with a Western diplomat who at the time held a post in Turkey. After talking about Greek-Turkish relations and the Cyprus problem, our conversation turned to political and economic developments in Turkey.

Turkey and the European Commission have begun technical work to overcome bureaucratic obstacles and accelerate the release of 3 billion Euros to Syrian refugees, Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak announced Dec. 26.

"We are now working on it," Kaynak told the Hürriyet Daily News during a visit to the Doğan Media Center on Dec. 26. 

British musician Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, visited Syrian refugees living in the ?ahinbey district of the southeastern province of Gaziantep on April 23. 

Islam was accompanied by Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu's daughter, Sefure Davuto?lu, in his visit to the Güneykent Youth Center, where the Syrian refugees are receiving education. 

No Bulgarian military personnel have been injured in a suicide car bomb blast in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, the Defence Ministry in Sofia said on Tuesday.

The suicide attack, which took place on Tuesday morning near the Afghan Defence Ministry and presidential palace, has killed at least 28 people and injured 329, according to the BBC.

Most of the European Union's requirements to grant Turkish citizens visa-free travel have been completed, a top diplomat has said, while Turkey's EU minister said Turkish nationals could expect travel to the EU without a visa by June. 

Two shopkeepers accused of savagely beating two teenage Syrian refugees with clubs were detained in Turkey's southern province of Hatay on April 6.

Security camera footage, which provoked outrage on social media, showed two men racing out of their shops in Hatay after two teens took several loaves of flatbread from a display case. 

Three Syrian migrant children were killed and six others were injured after a fire broke out at a tent city in the Derik district of Turkey's southeastern Mardin province. The fire was the second reported in one week, after 21 tents burned down on March 25.