Corruption in Israel The Attorney General of Israel Avichai Mandelblit says that after more than two years of investigations he has decided to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis Venezuelan opposition leader and interim president Juan Guaidó said Thursday he will return to his country by Monday, and that a dialogue with President Nicolás Maduro won't be possible without discussing elections.
The United Nations Security Council rejected rival resolutions on Venezuela by the United States and Russia Thursday. Russia and China vetoed the U.S. call for new elections and the unhindered distribution of humanitarian aid, while Moscow's proposal for a political solution and reaffirmation of the government's role in soliciting assistance failed to gain sufficient support.
2019 India–Pakistan standoff Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says that captured Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman will be released tomorrow as a gesture of peace.
Summit in Hanoi The summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi abruptly ends earlier than scheduled, with the White House saying no deal has been reached in regards to relations between the two countries and North Korea's nuclear weapons policies and sanctions due to them.
Online child abuse YouTube announces that it will turn off comments on videos featuring children under the age of 18 after reports that a pedophile ring was operating in the comment sections of videos featuring minors, which subsequently led AT&T, Nestlé and Hasbro to suspend advertisements on the website.
Pope Francis Pope Francis pays tribute to Cardinal Augustin Bea (1881-1968) as a pioneer of Jewish-Catholic dialogue. The papal audience commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of Cardinal Bea. "He remains a model and a source of inspiration for ecumenical and interreligious dialogue". He served as the first president of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity.
28 February 2019 Mogadishu bombings 29 people were killed in three bomb attacks and a siege that lasted into March 1.