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Iran expects to sign a long-delayed gas deal with French oil major Total in the next few weeks, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh was quoted as saying on June 17.

A group of Bursaspor supporters on Feb. 24 attacked their own team's bus after they lost 4-0 in a game with Istanbul's Kasımpaşa.

The supporters, with knives and sticks in their hands, stopped the bus and barged into it while it was on its way home near the Osmangazi Bridge, beating up footballers and officials inside.

Pretrial proceedings have been launched into the demolition of an old building in Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second-largest city, the prosecution has said.

At least 140 people have died after bomb blasts in Syria's capital Damascus and the city of Homs, world media outlets report.

In the capital Damascus, at least 83 people, including several school children, lost their lives on Sunday after several explosions near a Shia shrine, according to State TV.