At least 20 people, 15 of whom are suspected Boko Haram militants, were killed in the militants' attack on the town of Damboa in Borno state, Xinhua reported Oct. 6.
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.
Germany gave Afghan security forces control of a key military base in Kunduz province on Oct. 6 as part of the gradual drawdown of Western forces in the country, AP reported.
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.
