- An eight-storey building hosting a garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh, killing over 300 workers. [EDIT 05/10] The death toll has surpassed 1,000.
- Nigerian Christians report that 400 churches have been destroyed by Boko Haram.
- The city of Naples, Italy gave honorary citizenship to Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the war to exterminate the Jews.
- Syria’s Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi survived an assassination attempt.
- North Korea has accused US citizen Pae Jun-Ho of attempting to overthrow the government. Pae is also known as Kenneth Bae.
- Ben Hubbard reports that “Nowhere in rebel-controlled Syria is there a secular fighting force to speak of.”