Venezuela Protesters march against the government in various cities across Venezuela with at least two people killed in the demonstrations.
Conservative Party The BBC is told that the UK's three main political parties, the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats, will declare that whoever forms the government after the next general election will not agree to a currency union with an independent Scotland.
$ The Philippines recovers US $29 million from Ferdinand Marcos' bank accounts in Switzerland and Singapore.
French President French President François Hollande is hosted by US President Barack Obama at a White House state dinner, during a visit by Hollande to the US aimed at renewing the partnership between the two countries.
Measles A measles outbreak from the Philippines has spread into Australia, Canada, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.
Sinkhole A sinkhole opens underneath the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, swallowing eight vintage Corvettes including the millionth Corvette built.
North American cold wave As the North American cold wave continues, a massive winter storm across states in the southern United States causes widespread power outages, travel disruptions and dangerous road conditions.
Met Office The UK's Met Office issues a "red warning" and warns of an exceptional storm as winds of up to 100mph are forecast to hit west Wales and north west England.
War in North-West Pakistan Militants in northwestern Pakistan kill nine male family members of a slain leader of a pro-government militia in an attack on the family's house outside the city of Peshawar.
Syrian civil war Russia says it will veto a U.N. resolution on humanitarian aid access in Syria, claiming that the draft is an effort to prepare for military strikes against President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
The Syrian Army and their Lebanese ally Hezbollah begin an assault to retake the strategic border town Yabrud from the Syrian rebels.