British Two former British foreign secretaries, Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind become embroiled in a "cash for access" scandal. The two deny any wrongdoing and refer themselves to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Hudson.
President Former President of the Maldives and current Opposition Leader Mohamed Nasheed is arrested.
Thai police officers Thai police arrest at least three people for holding an unauthorised demonstration.
Gold Coast Titans Six current and former Gold Coast Titans players are charged with supplying cocaine including Greg Bird, Dave Taylor, Beau Falloon, Jamie Dowling and Kalifa Faifai Loa with all players stood down for the coming Australian National Rugby League season.
Harmony Gold All 486 trapped by an underground fire at the Harmony Gold Kusasalethu mine near Carletonville, South Africa have been rescued.
Bangladesh A rescue operation is underway in Bangladesh as a ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River after colliding with a trawler. The death toll has reached 41.
87th Academy Awards "Ida" by Paweł Pawlikowski wins the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and becomes the first Polish film to win the award.
American actress Julianne Moore wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in "Still Alice".
British actor Eddie Redmayne wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Professor Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything".
Alejandro González Iñárritu becomes the second Mexican director to win Academy Award for Best Director for "Birdman". "Birdman" then wins the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIS burns more than 8,000 rare books and manuscripts in Mosul, Iraq.
Second Libyan Civil War (2014–present) Islamic State militants claim responsibility for bombing the Iranian ambassador's residence in Tripoli and a rocket attack on Al Abraq International Airport.
Jeh Johnson Jeh Johnson, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, warns Americans to take a threat by Somalia-based al-Shabab to attack shopping malls in the US, United Kingdom, and Canada seriously.
War in Donbass An explosion at a pro-Ukraine march kills three and injures more than 10 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Pro-Russian rebels start a two-week process of removing heavy weapons from the front lines in eastern Ukraine in accordance with the ceasefire agreement.