2020 Togolese presidential election Voters in Togo head to the polls to elect the country's president. Incumbent president Faure Gnassingbé, accused of an authoritarian rule, seeks to run for a fourth term which was made possible by a constitutional amendment in 2019.
2020 Dominican Republic municipal elections The Dominican Republic government wants the Organization of American States to investigate what occurred in the controversial February 16 elections.
Tom Thabane Lesotho PM Tom Thabane is granted sick leave until 27 February when he is due to appear in court for the murder of his former wife.
COVID-19 pandemic Samoa bans all cruise ships from visiting the country amid growing efforts to keep the virus away.
South Korea confirms that 229 more people have contracted the coronavirus in the country, raising the total number to 433.
Italy confirms that a 78-year-old man in Padua, Veneto, and a woman in her 70s in Codogno, Lombardy, have died after contracting the virus. They are the first two coronavirus deaths in Italy.
Daredevil Daredevil and flat Earth conspiracy theorist Mike Hughes dies after crashing in his homemade rocket near Barstow, California. He was attempting to prove the Earth was flat as part of a documentary series with Science Channel.
Terrorist Five terrorists are killed in Peshawar, Khyber Paktunkhwa, Pakistan, by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in a heavy exchange of fire during a search operation.
Kashmir conflict Two Kashmiri civilians alleged to be Lashkar-e-Taiba militants are killed by Indian soldiers at Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, in a counter-terrorism operation.