3 ISAF Members and 5 Afghans Killed by Road Side Bombs

Three members of NATO's ISAF died, on Tuesday, in Afghanistan.

They were searching for IEDs when their vehicle struck one, buried in the road.

On Wednesday, it was announced that the three were part of the Royal Highland Fusiliers, the 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland.

In two other road side bomb attacks five Afghans were killed and seven wounded.

One of the attacks killed the police commander of the Archi district.

Denver's Average Rent Nears $1000

Rent rates are the highest ever, according to the Apartment Association of Metro Denver and the Colorado Division of Housing.

Their figures, released on Monday, list the average rent in the metro area as being $992, a month.

Vacancies, across the metro, are at nearly an all time low at 4.6%.

Expectations are for rent to continue increasing, while vacancies continue to decrease.

This is largely due to the continued influx of population from other states and countries, to the area.

Explosion in Prague Injures 40

At least forty people were injured when an explosion tore through an office building in Prague, on Monday.

Three people are still missing, and search and rescue dogs were being used to find them in the rubble.

Neighboring buildings took damage, especially the library of Charles University, one of the Czech Republic's oldest universities.

Five major streets through Old Town were littered with debris from the blast.

Officials believe that it may have been a gas explosion, but are investigating to be sure.

Syrian Prime Minister Escapes Bombing

Rebel forces attempted to assassinate Wael al-Halki, Syria's prime minister, on Monday morning.

His convoy was struck by an explosion as it drove through the Mezze district, of Damascus.

Six people were killed by the blast, but al-Halki was not injured.

A car and a bus were destroyed in the bombing.

The strike's being in the Mezze district, which is considered amongst the most secure, shows the ever decreasing ability of the regime to protect itself.

6th French Soldier Dies in Mali

The French presidential office has announced that a French soldier has died in combat.

According to the statement, he died in northern Mali, on Monday.

No further information has been released at this time.

He is the sixth French soldier to die fighting Al Qaeda forces in Mali.

France began military operations there, in January.

7 Killed in Plane Crash at Bagram Air Field

Monday afternoon a cargo plane crashed just after take off, from Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.

All seven people aboard the civilian craft were killed.

The Taliban tried to claim that they shot the aircraft down, but that was quickly denied with officials stating that there was no enemy activity in the area.

Investigators are trying to determine what mechanical problems caused the crash.

A dash cam captured the plane coming down:

US Air Force: Staff Sergeant Richard A. Dickson

Staff Sergeant Richard A. Dickson, twenty-four of Rancho Cordova, California, died on April 27.

He and three others were killed when the MC-12 aircraft, that they were in, crashed near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

Dickson was assigned to the 306th Intelligence Squadron out of Beale Air Force Base, California.

US Air Force: Staff Sergeant Daniel N. Fannin

Staff Sergeant Daniel N. Fannin, thirty of Morehead, Kentucky, died on April 27.

He and three others were killed when the MC-12 aircraft, that they were in, crashed near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

It was his fourth tour to Afghanistan and Iraq.

Fannin was assigned to the 552nd Operations Support Squadron out of Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

US Air Force: Captain Brandon L. Cyr

Captain Brandon L. Cyr, twenty-eight of Woodbridge, Virginia, died on April 27.

He and three others were killed when the MC-12 aircraft, that they were in, crashed near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

Cyr was assigned to the 906th Air Refueling Squadron out of Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

The Captain had over seventeen hundred hours flying, with nine hundred of them being in combat.

US Air Force: Captain Reid K. Nishizuka

Captain Reid K. Nishizuka, thirty of Kailua, Hawaii, died on April 27.

He and three others were killed when the MC-12 aircraft, that they were in, crashed near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

The Captain had served multiple tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Nishizuka was assigned to the 427th Reconnaissance Squadron out of Beale Air Force Base, California.