Politics of Italy Italian President Sergio Mattarella accepts Giuseppe Conte as Prime Minister. Conte is now going to form his government, supported by the Five Star Movement and League.
Naomi Reice Buchwald U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald rules that public officials on social media should not block other users for differing political views.
Corruption in Belgium Belgian prosecutors admit that a 2-year-old child was killed by police during a high-speed chase with a van last week, after initially denying it.
China–United States relations The Pentagon announces that it has "disinvited" China from this year's biennial Rim of the Pacific naval exercise, after China announced in January that it had accepted the United States' invitation.
Iran–European Union relations Iran sets seven conditions to stay in the JCPOA Iran deal after the U.S. withdrew. One of these conditions is that European banks should safeguard trade with Iran.
United States The United States issues a health alert in China, following a government employee reporting "abnormal sensations of sound and pressure", one in a range of physical symptoms, from late 2017 through to April 2018. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the State Department is moving medical teams into place in Guangzhou, adding that the incident was "entirely consistent" with reported "sonic attacks" in Cuba in 2016 and 2017.
Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo A whaleboat accident kills 49 people in Tshuapa province, DR Congo.
Economy of Turkey The Turkish Central Bank raises its "late liquidity window" rate from 13.5% to 16.5% in a move to counter the slide of the Turkish lira over the last three weeks. Other rates are left unchanged.
Budget of France The European Commission recommends to remove France from the excessive deficit procedure which it entered in 2009.
Transport in Iran Iranian truck owners and drivers start striking in seven provinces to protest poor working conditions.