A U.N. team investigating human rights abuses in Syria said May 6 that there was no conclusive evidence that either side in the war had used chemical weapons, Al Jazeera reported.

The Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the May 6 suicide bombing at an election rally for members of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam religious party, Reuters reported.

The UAE Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a statement denouncing a visit by an Iranian Shura Council delegation to the disputed islands of Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa, SPA reported May 6.

At least 15 people were killed in an explosion at an election rally in Pakistan's Kurram Agency on May 6, officials said, Reuters reported.

Gunmen in Libya surrounded the foreign and justice ministries on May 6 and demanded the government's resignation, despite the adoption of a law to remove officials who served under the regime of former leader Moammar Gadhafi, AFP reported.

An Iranian general on May 6 said any weapons Israel targeted in Syria did not come from Iran, Naharnet reported, citing the website of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.