October 1, 2013 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- A team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons enters Syria to begin work on dismantling the Assad regime's stockpile of chemical weapons. (BBC)
International relations
- The Vatican summons all papal envoys in the nations of the Middle East to a special meeting in Rome this week, to discuss the crisis facing the Church in that region. (Catholic World News), (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- United States federal government shutdown of 2013:
- U.S. President Barack Obama, the White House Office of Management and Budget, issues a partial shutdown of government agencies after the House and Senate fail to come to an agreement on a spending bill to keep government operations running. (NBC News)
Business and Video games
- Grand Theft Auto Online was released as an update to Grand Theft Auto V.
- NBA 2K14 was released for Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Law and crime
- A Buddhist mob torches more than 70 Muslim homes and stabs a 94-year-old woman to death in Rakhine State, Myanmar. (AP via The Times of India)
- Bangladeshi politician Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury is sentenced to death for war crimes including murder, torture, and genocide for his atrocities in the Bangladesh Liberation War. (BBC)
International relations
- The government of Venezuela expels three United States diplomats after accusing them of "economic sabotage". (BBC)