6 Killed in French Train Crash

Six people were killed, on Friday, when a train derailed and crashed into the Bretigny-sur-Orge, France station.

Dozens were injured, including nine who are in  critical condition.

Nearly four hundred people were aboard the plane when it struck the station.

Many were heading out of Paris, for the Bastille Day holiday, on Sunday.

All trains out of Paris' Gare d'Austerlitz have been cancelled until further notice, due to the accident.

Al Shabaab Suicide Attack Kills 5

A member of Al Shabaab carried out a suicide attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Friday.

Five civilians were killed and two African Union peacekeepers were injured.

Due to the timing of the explosion, it is believed that the convoy the peacekeepers were in was the target.

Eighteen thousand AU troops are in Somalia, helping combat the terrorist organization, which had over run most of the country.

43 Killed in Iraq Violence

A suicide bomber struck a popular cafe in Kirkuk, Iraq, on Friday.

Thirty-eight people were killed and twenty-five were injured in the blast.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

However, as the cafe is mostly frequented by Shiites, Al Qadea is being blamed for it.

In Mosul, a suicide car bomber killed four police officers.

A senior police officer was assassinate in a drive by shooting, in Tikrit.

More than twenty-six hundred people have been killed in bombings and shootings, in Iraq, since April, making 2013 one of the deadliest years.

8 People Injured in New York Explosion

Eight people were injured by an explosion, in Chinatown, New York.

Three of the injured are in serious condition.

According to authorities a fire started in the basement and reached a stockpile of bug bombs.

This resulted in an explosion that damaged the first three of the five stories, including a partial collapse of the first floor.

Investigators are trying to determine how the fire started.

44 Killed in Iraq Violence

Forty-four people were killed in a series of attacks in Iraq, on Thursday.

The attacks began when gunmen attacked two different oil field check points, killing eleven guards near Haditha.

A car bomb went off at a funeral in Muqdadiya, and as people rushed to help the wounded a suicide bomber blew his vest up. Eleven people were killed there.

Four people were killed by a car bomb in Baghdad.

Three separate roadside bombs in Tikrit, killed three police officers.

In Mosul, three different car bombs left four police dead.

Attacks in Anbar killed seven police.

Outside of Kirkuk gunmen attacked a checkpoint, killing three Sahwa, while inside Kirkuk a roadside bomb killed another member of the militia.

Mudslide Catches Vehicles on Highway 24

Twenty-one vehicles were caught in a mudslide, Wednesday afternoon, near Manitou Springs, Colorado.

Heavy rain, joined by hail, caused flash flooding and the mud slide to bury part of Highway 24.

No one was injured in the incident, despite occupied cars being swept down the highway.

Highway 24 was reopened by 19:00 MDT.

60 Killed by Chinese Floods and Mudslides

Raging waters and mudslides killed more than sixty in China, on Wednesday.

Floods washed away bridges, roads, buildings, and anything else in their path.

Some areas that are normally above water were buried under as much as twenty-three feet of water.

The worst of the destruction came in Dujiangyan, where a mudslide buried eleven homes and forty people.

Car Bomb in Beirut Injures 53

A car bomb exploded in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday injuring fifty-three people.

The explosion spread flames to many other vehicles, catching them on fire as well.

It occurred in a Hezbollah stronghold, making it likely that it was a retaliation for their involvement in the Syrian civil war.

Hezbollah has made itself a large part of the Syrian conflict, aiding the Syrian regime against rebel forces.

Their involvement has angered Sunnis in Syria, Lebanon, and elsewhere.

1 Slovakian Soldier Killed 6 Wounded in Afghanistan Insider Attack

A Slovakian soldier was killed and six others were wounded, in an insider attack, in Afghanistan.

Tuesday's attack was carried out by a man dressed as an Afghan soldier, outside Kandahar airfield.

He shot into a group of NATO soldiers, while he was on top of a security tower.

Other Afghan soldiers subdued him as soon they could, but he had already shot seven people.

Two of the injured Slovakians are in serious condition, while the other four suffered only light wounds.

The slain soldier was the first Slovakian to die in Afghanistan.

17 Killed by Roadside Bomb

Seventeen people were killed and seven wounded by a roadside bomb, in Afghanistan.

The incident happened in Heart province, when a van packed with people struck the bomb.

Four of those killed and five of the wounded were children.

The Taliban is being blamed for planting the bomb, as they regularly do mine roadways.