2020 Dominican Republic municipal elections The Organization of American States begins an audit of the suspended elections.
Prime Minister of Lesotho Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane appears in court and hears the charges against him in a pre-trial hearing. He denies involvement in the murder of his former wife and requests immunity from the higher court.
India–United States relations U.S. President Donald Trump visits India and meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss a possible new trade deal.
2019–20 coronavirus outbreak A 300-bed isolation ward has been set up in Islamabad for Chinese citizens returning to Pakistan after vacations.
Seventy-four more coronavirus cases are confirmed in Italy, bringing the number to 229. Four more virus-related deaths are confirmed, bringing the death toll to seven.
The General Authority of Oman's Civil Aviation announced the suspension of all flights between the Sultanate and Islamic Republic of Iran until further notice
Armenia has closed its border from Meghri with Iran and suspended all flights from Armenia to Iran for the next two weeks due to increasing cases of coronavirus in Iran.
2020 coronavirus effects on stock market The Dow Jones Industrial Average drops more than 3% as the coronavirus outbreak spreads outside China. This follows benchmark indexes falling sharply in Europe after steep declines across Asia.
Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatens the leadership of the Gaza Strip with war if rocket fire continues.
Volkmarsen ramming attack More than 30 people are injured when a car rams civilians at a carnival parade in Volkmarsen, Hesse, Germany.
Protests begin in New York and Massachusetts in the United States, Paris in France, Toronto in Canada, Madrid, Navarre, and Barcelona in Spain, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and London in England.
2020 Comorian legislative election The second round of the latest election in Comoros takes place. The election is still boycotted by the political opposition.
2019–20 coronavirus outbreak Afghanistan suspended travel between it and Iran and reported three suspected virus cases in Herat.
Turkey has closed its border with Iran and halted incoming flights due to more cases of coronavirus in Iran.
South Korea confirms that 169 more people have contracted the coronavirus in the country, raising the total number to 602.
A 68-year-old woman dies of coronavirus in Crema, Italy, bringing the number of deaths in the country to three.
Seventy-six more coronavirus cases are confirmed in Italy, bringing the number of the cases in the country to 155.
2020 Iran–Turkey earthquakes An earthquake in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran, kills at least nine people and injures more than a hundred others.
Carnival of Aalst The Carnival of Aalst in Belgium goes ahead despite UNESCO withdrawing its recognition of the event as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity because of Jewish caricatures.
2020 Togolese presidential election Voters in Togo head to the polls to elect the country's president. Incumbent president Faure Gnassingbé, accused of an authoritarian rule, seeks to run for a fourth term which was made possible by a constitutional amendment in 2019.
2020 Dominican Republic municipal elections The Dominican Republic government wants the Organization of American States to investigate what occurred in the controversial February 16 elections.
Tom Thabane Lesotho PM Tom Thabane is granted sick leave until 27 February when he is due to appear in court for the murder of his former wife.
2019–20 coronavirus outbreak Samoa bans all cruise ships from visiting the country amid growing efforts to keep the virus away.
South Korea confirms that 229 more people have contracted the coronavirus in the country, raising the total number to 433.
Italy confirms that a 78-year-old man in Padua, Veneto, and a woman in her 70s in Codogno, Lombardy, have died after contracting the virus. They are the first two coronavirus deaths in Italy.
Daredevil Daredevil and flat Earth conspiracy theorist Mike Hughes dies after crashing in his homemade rocket near Barstow, California. He was attempting to prove the Earth was flat as part of a documentary series with Science Channel.
Terrorists Five terrorists are killed in Peshawar, Khyber Paktunkhwa, Pakistan, by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in a heavy exchange of fire during a search operation.
Kashmir conflict Two Kashmiri civilians alleged to be Lashkar-e-Taiba militants are killed by Indian soldiers at Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, in a counter-terrorism operation.