Hundreds killed in Iran-Iraq border quake
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake has shaken the northern border region between Iran and Iraq, killing at least 348 people and injuring thousands more. One Iranian aid agency said 70,000 people needed shelter after the quake, one of the largest this year. Most of those who died were in Iran's western Kermanshah province. Nearly 6,300 are said to have been injured. Seven people died in Iraq, where people fled into the streets in the capital, Baghdad. "I was sitting with my kids having dinner and suddenly the building was just dancing in the air," a Baghdad mother-of-three, Majida Ameer, told Reuters news agency. "I thought at first that it was a huge bomb. But then I heard everyone around me screaming: 'Earthquake!'" The world's deadliest earthquakes Latest images of aftermath In the latest updates from Iran: State news agency Irna quoted an emergency official as saying 5,953 people were injured in Iran alone Most of the vi...