ISTANBUL -- At least three soldiers were killed and another injured on Monday when a military helicopter crashed in Istanbul, local media reported.

The helicopter fell on a street in the Sancaktepe district on the Asian part of the city, the NTV broadcaster said. (Turkey-Copter Crash)

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TEHRAN -- At least 729 people were injured in the 6.4-magnitude earthquake that hit Sarpol-e Zahab city in Kermanshah Province in western Iran on Sunday, semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Monday.

According to Iran's Emergency Medical Services, many people sustained injuries while trying to run outdoors following the strong quake. (Iran-Earthquake)

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SANAA -- A mother and her five children were killed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Yemen's northwestern province of Hajjah on Monday, local residents and medics said.

Three others from the same family were wounded in the air raid which hit their house in Yamanah village of Haradh district in the morning. (Yemen-Airstrike-Deaths)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi forces on Monday launched several military operations to track Islamic State (IS) militants in areas in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a provincial security source said.

"A joint force from the Iraqi army and police, backed by aircraft, began multiple operations today to hunt down IS militants in seven agricultural areas in northwest of Diyala's capital Baquba," Mizher al-Azawy, commander of Diyala Operations Command, told Xinhua. (Iraq-Army-IS) Enditem

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