Moldovan parliament The Moldovan Parliament appoints a new government with Chiril Gaburici as Prime Minister and a legislative support formed by the PLDM, PDM and PCRM.
Hellenic Parliament The Hellenic Parliament elects Prokopis Pavlopoulos as the new President of Greece.
Government of India The Government of India approves the construction of seven stealth frigates and six nuclear submarines for the Indian Navy.
President The President of Indonesia Joko Widodo drops his nomination of Budi Gunawan as national police chief following allegations that Gunawan was involved in a bribery scandal.
Swede Swede Alex Yucel pleads guilty in the United States to distributing Blackshades software that was used to hack into 500,000 computers worldwide.
Australian Australian David Hicks wins an appeal in the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review against his conviction for providing material support to terrorism in 2007 in a U.S. Navy court in Guantanamo Bay.
Islamic State The United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the recent beheadings of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya.
Turkey A snowstorm in the Turkish city of Istanbul leads to the closure of Istanbul Atatürk Airport, causes the cancellation of 300 Turkish Airlines flights and closes the Bosphorus Strait to shipping.
2014–15 Australian region cyclone season Tropical Cyclone Lam intensifies to Category 3 as it moves towards the Northern Territory's Arnhem Land.
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology is predicting that a low pressure system in the Coral Sea will develop into tropical cyclone Marcia within 24 hours and bring heavy rain to South East Queensland with the potential to cause flooding.
Japan Post Japan Post acquires Australian transport company Toll Holdings at a cost of A$6.5 billion.
Shi’ite A bomb in a Shi'ite mosque in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi kills at least two people and injures six.
Syrian civil war The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates that at least 70 Syrian Army soldiers and more than 80 insurgents have died in recent fighting around the city of Aleppo.