2016 Irish general election Voters in Ireland will go to the polls on February 26 after the President dissolves the current Dail or parliament.
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul suspends his campaign for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.
John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, wanted for murder since 1974, is officially declared dead so that his son can inherit the title.
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction South Korea warns North Korea of "searing consequences" if it doesn't abandon plans to launch a long-range rocket that violates United Nations Security Council resolutions that prohibits the country from engaging in any ballistic activities.
Japan puts its military on alert to shoot down any North Korean rocket that threatens it following an announcement by North Korea of a planned "Earth observation launch".
Daallo Airlines Flight 159 A Daallo Airlines operated commercial plane, bound for Djibouti, makes an emergency landing at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, following an unexplained explosion that left a gaping hole in its fuselage.
Chinese China's state owned ChemChina offers to buy Swiss pesticide and seed manufacturer Syngenta for $43 billion.
Syrian civil war At least 15 people are killed and 58 injured after rockets reportedly fired by rebels hit pro-government neighborhoods in the southern city of Daraa.
The Syrian Army and its allies break a three-year rebel siege of two Shi’ite towns in northwest Syria, Nubl and Al-Zahraa.
Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war Sergey Lavrov, the Foreign Minister of Russia, says that Russia's bombing campaign will continue until terrorist organisations like ISIL and Jabhat al-Nusra are defeated; the Syrian opposition's High Negotiations Committee has voiced outrage at an ongoing government offensive backed by Russian air power and called for a halt to air strikes against civilians, among other demands.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict (2015–present) Two Hamas militants die after a tunnel they were digging from the Gaza Strip into Israel collapses.
Three Palestinian assailants launch a shooting and stabbing attack near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, killing one policewoman and seriously injuring another, and lightly injuring a civilian, before being shot and killed by other security forces at the scene. Pipe bombs were discovered on their bodies.