Russian president President of Russia Vladimir Putin announces that RIA Novosti, Voice of Russia, and the State Fund of Television and Radio Programs will immediately be shut down. Newly created Rossia Segodnya (Russia Today) will take RIA Novosti's place as the government news agency.
Prime Minister Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko sends a letter of support to Ukrainian protesters after they topple a statue of Lenin.
Gustavo Petro Gustavo Petro, mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, is removed from office and banned from re-taking it for fifteen years, due to a failing city cleaning policy promoted by him.
Prime Minister Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra announces that she plans to hold elections.
Iraqi Jewish Iraqi Jewish artifacts that were rescued from Saddam Hussein's palace by a Jewish-American scholar and brought to the United States are scheduled to be returned to Iraq by the end of the summer in 2014, despite objections from American Jews citing instability in Iraq.
Philippines The Philippines and the Bangsamoro sign a power-sharing agreement, paving the way for the peace process.
American Airlines Group American Airlines Group is formed from the merger of AMR Corporation and US Airways Group and begins trading on the NASDAQ.
Iraq Attacks around Iraq kill at least 18 people, including a car bombing at a cafe in the town of Buhriz which killed 12 people.