Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) The Houthis come to a preliminary agreement to form a new government in Yemen.
Thailand Thailand passes a law banning foreigners from hiring Thai women as commercial surrogate mothers.
Australian Australian rugby star Karmichael Hunt is arrested on charges of supplying cocaine following a Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission operation.
Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa Liberia lifts curfews and reopens borders from Sunday as the epidemic starts to end.
United States At least 23 people die this week in the United States due to cold weather, with 18 dead in the state of Tennessee.
Dubai Torch Tower A fire rips through The Marina Torch apartment complex in Dubai, one of the tallest residential apartment buildings in the world.
Two trains collide Two trains collide in the Swiss town of Rafz resulting in as many as 49 people injured and Swiss Federal Railways cancelling some services.
2014–15 Australian region cyclone season Cyclone Lam makes landfall in Arnhem Land between Millingimbi and Elcho Island. The communities of Ramingining and Galiwinku have also been badly damaged.
Cyclone Marcia makes landfall near Shoalwater Bay in central Queensland as a Category 5 tropical cyclone with wind gusts of up to 285 kilometres per hour.
International Longshore and Warehouse Union The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association negotiate a tentative contract and will open docks at western U.S. ports beginning on February 21.
Government The government of Greece and the authorities of the Eurozone reach a tentative agreement about the extension of the bailout terms.
Somali Civil War (2009–present) At least 20 people are killed, including senior officials, in an attack on the Central Hotel in Mogadishu.
Al Qubbah bombings Multiple car bombs kill at least 45 and wound 30 in the eastern Libyan town of Al Qubbah.