2018 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election North Carolina Superior Court judge Paul Ridgeway rejects the bid to certify Republican Mark Harris as the winner of the country's last undecided congressional race until there's a final decision in the investigation into possible illegal tactics.
Transgender personnel in the United States military The U.S. Supreme Court allows, by a 5–4 vote, the Trump administration to begin implementing the policy that prohibits transgender persons who require or have undergone gender transition from serving. Unresolved challenges remain in lower courts.
Chris Brown American singer Chris Brown and two associates are briefly detained in Paris after being accused of aggravated rape and drug offenses.
Benjamin Netanyahu An Israeli spokesman says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cancelled Wednesday's Qatari aid of $15 million to Gaza Strip.
Kuril Islands dispute Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Moscow to discuss a peace treaty and the Kuril Islands dispute.
Tupolev A Tupolev Tu-22M3 supersonic strike bomber crashes in Russia's northwestern Murmansk region while attempting landing during a storm. Three of its four crewmen are killed.
Landmine clearing Five foreign demining experts, identified as two South Africans, one Croatian, one Bosnian and one Kosovar, are killed in an accidental explosion in Yemen.
Lasbela A bus catches fire after crashing with a truck in Lasbela, Pakistan, killing 27 people and injuring others.
2019 Piper PA-46 Malibu disappearance In the Channel Islands, a multinational search and rescue operation for a missing aircraft carrying Cardiff City F.C. footballer Emiliano Sala resumes, after fading light and deteriorating weather conditions caused the search to be called off the previous day.
91st Academy Awards The nominees for the 91st Academy Awards, honoring the best in cinema in 2018 are announced, with "Roma" and "The Favourite" leading with 10 nominations each.
2019 Venezuelan protests A 16-year-old boy is shot and killed at around midnight on Tuesday evening-Wednesday morning during protests in the Venezuelan capital Caracas. Three others are killed in overnight protests in Estado Bolívar.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict A Hamas militant is killed and two others are injured when an Israeli tank fires into the Gaza Strip after a protest turned violent. The Israel Defense Forces action is retaliation for a shooting which lightly injured an officer, and for the brief incursion of two Palestinians into Israel.