A supporter of former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was killed and at least two others were wounded in a clash between protesters and police in a town south of Cairo, amid nationwide celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the Egyptian attack on Israeli forces during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, Reuters reported Oct. 6.
Libya has condemned the United States' capture of al Qaeda leader Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, also known as Anas al-Libi, and has demanded to know why it was not told about the Oct. 5 raid, Sky News reported Oct. 6.
A team of disarmament experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has begun destroying components related to Syria's chemical weapons arsenal, a monitoring official said, BBC reported Oct. 6.
Iranian authorities have arrested four workers suspected of planning to sabotage one of Iran's nuclear facilities, nuclear program head Ali Akbar Salehi said, AP reported Oct. 6, citing Fars news agency.
A suicide bomber drove a truck laden with explosives into a primary school campus in Tel Afar and detonated his load, killing 15, police and medical sources say, Reuters reported Oct. 6.
U.S. intelligence assessments show that Iran is still at least a year away from building a nuclear weapons, U.S. President Barack Obama said Oct. 5, AP reported.
Some 200 elite Palestinian security forces raided the Jenin refugee camp on Oct. 5, arresting several alleged members of Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in what was the largest Palestinian Authority security operation in recent years, Times of Israel reported, citing Ma'an News Agency.
