LONDON -- Three people were shot and injured Monday night outside an underground station in north London, local police announced.

"Officers are at the scene of a shooting in #Kingsbury Road at 9:45 p.m. (2045GMT) on Monday. Not terror related. Three people taken to hospital, none believed to be life-threatening," London Metropolitan Police said on its Twitter account. (Britain-Shooting)

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LISBON -- Portuguese GNR police working in the Greek islands of Samos and Lesbos rescued 69 migrants from Afghanistan and Iraq on Monday, the GNR said in a statement.

The migrants, who were heading towards the Greek coast, include 36 children, 16 women and 17 men. (Portugal-Greece-Migrants)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Defense said Monday that one U.S. soldier was killed Sunday in a helicopter crash in Iraq, adding three more were being treated for injuries.

Pentagon spokesman Robert Manning told a briefing that the incident took place during a "partnered counter terrorism mission" and that "there's no indication that the crash was caused by hostile fire." (US-Pentagon-Helicopter Crash)

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LJUBLJANA -- Ninety-five illegal migrants trying to enter Slovenia from Croatia were apprehended by local police over the weekend, according to the national media.

Forty-two people were apprehended in the area of Koper, southwest, and 53 in the area of Novo Mesto, southeast, the Slovenian Press Agency STA said on Monday, citing the national police. (Slovenia-Illegal Migrants) Enditem

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