17 Killed and 55 Wounded in Iraq Attacks

Attacks in Iraq, on Wednesday, left seventeen dead and fifty-five wounded.

It began in Bashmaya, when militants attacked a police station, killing nine officers and injuring another two.

As emergency crews were responding, a roadside bomb struck an ambulance, injuring the driver and his assistant.

A car bomb exploded in a residential part of Tuz Khormato, injuring thirty-five and damaging houses.

Two soldiers were killed and five wounded when a car bomb exploded in Kirkuk.

Another explosion killed three and wounded eleven in Qahira.

In Baghdad, three people were killed in a shooting.

The situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate, with attacks the deadliest they've been in nearly a decade. 

Attack in Sukkur, Pakistan Leaves 5 Dead 30 Injured

Five people were killed and thirty injured when militants attacked government buildings in Sukkur, Pakistan.

At least ten gunmen attacked the complex, exchanging gun fire with security personnel and throwing explosives.

Some of the buildings caught on fire and others collapsed, because of the explosions.

Rescue workers searched through the debris for victims.

The complex is said to belong to Pakistan's spy agency.

No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

US Army: Specialist Anthony R. Maddox

Specialist Anthony R. Maddox, twenty-two of Port Arthur, Texas, died on July 22 in Landstuhl, Germany.

He was injured in Andar, Afghanistan.

Maddox was assigned to the 10th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, out of Fort Drum, New York.

His decorations include: Army Achievement Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, NATO Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Combat Action Badge.

Derailed Train Stops Feet Away From Houses

A train derailed and crashed through a Denver building, Tuesday morning.

According to witnesses, the train came off the tracks, went through a garage, and flew over a ditch.

Luckily it stopped before striking houses that lay not much further away.

No one was hurt in the accident.

The cause of the derailment is under investigation.

10 Injured in Airplane Crash at LaGuardia

Ten people were injured when a Southwest Airlines 737 crashed after landing, on Monday evening, at LaGuardia Airport in New York.

The 737 landed safely, but as it was going down the runway it's front landing gear collapsed.

It then skidded down the runway for several hundred feet, before veering into grass beside the runway.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident.

La Guardia was forced to keep the runway closed until Tuesday morning when cranes were able to move the airplane.

With only one runway operational, the airport saw major delays.

4 Killed by Suicide Donkey Bomber

Three NATO soldiers and their translator were killed in Wardak, Afghanistan.

A man riding a donkey rode up to their convoy and blew himself up.

Four Afghan soldiers and a NATO soldier were also injured in the attack.

NATO officials did not initially release the nationalities of the four soldiers, but it later was released that they were Americans.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Taliban is being blamed for it, as they carry out most suicide bombings.

Tokyo Commuters Lift Train Off Woman

During Tokyo's busy morning rush hour a woman fell between the platform and a train.

Forty bystanders rushed to join transit workers and police and pushed the train car off of her, so that she could be lifted to safety.

A single train car weighs more than thirty-three tons.

The woman was not seriously injured in the incident, but was taken to a hospital as a precaution.

Train service resumed just eight minutes later.

It's a Boy For William and Kate

On Monday afternoon the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Kate, gave birth to a son.

His Royal Highness, Prince of Cambridge weighed eight pounds and six ounces.

Both he and his mother are in good health, after the birth.

He is now the third in line to the crown, following his grandfather and father.

It has not yet been released what his name is, and that information may not be released for over a week.

4 Killed in Egyptian Clashes

Four people were killed and dozens injured when opposing protesters clashed near Tahrir Square in Cairo, on Monday.

According to witnesses, a pro Morsi Muslim Brotherhood march passed by the square and fired fireworks at the opponents of the former president, who were in the square.

The sides then began throwing stones at each other.

Interim President Adly Mansour responded to the violence by asking both sides to cease violence against each other.

He stated that only together could they make Egypt strong again.

500 Prisoners Broken out of Prison in Al Qaeda Attack

Abu Ghraib before Monday's attack

Al Qaeda made a heavily coordinated attack on two prisons in Iraq, early Monday morning.

Just outside Baghdad, at Abu Ghraib prison, suicide bombers drove cars loaded with explosives into the gates, and blew them open.

Gunmen, backed with mortars and RPGs, then attacked the prison as well as held off reinforcements.

By the time helicopters showed up, and chased the militants off, more than five hundred prisoners had been freed and escaped.

Most of the escapees are members of Al Qaeda who were awaiting execution.

Ten guards and four attackers were killed in the battle.

In Taji, another prison was attacked at the same time.

Guards there were able to keep the walls from being breached and no prisoners escaped.

Sixteen guards and six militants were killed there.

Later in the day, twenty-two soldiers and three civilians were killed when a suicide car bomber struck a military convoy in Kokchali.

After that attack, leaflets were found at several mosques, in which Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attacks.