2022 East Timorese presidential election Preliminary results show that former president José Ramos-Horta is ahead of the incumbent Francisco Guterres in the presidential election.
2022 Strépy-Bracquegnies car crash A car is driven into a crowd preparing to celebrate carnival in Strépy-Bracquegnies, Belgium, killing six people and injuring around 40 others.
Protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine A concert is held by anti-war demonstrators near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, to call for the war to end.
2021–2022 North Korean missile tests South Korea claims that North Korea fired a short-range multiple rocket launcher into the sea.
Reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine France ends all attempts to negotiate with Russia and freezes financial assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation worth €22 billion. France also freezes properties owned by Russian oligarchs worth €150 million.
According to the "Daily Express" tabloid, a BBC correspondent says that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “finally agreed” to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu says that Russia and Ukraine are nearing an agreement on certain peace issues in an effort to end the war.
North Cape Five people die after a fishing boat is hit by a rogue wave off the North Cape, New Zealand.
Bangladesh At least five people are dead and dozens more missing after a ferry collides with a vessel and sinks in Bangladesh.
Reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Bulgaria says it will end gas imports from Russia's Gazprom when its 10-year deal with Gazprom expires at the end of 2022, signalling a shift away from Russian energy. Bulgarian Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov says Bulgaria will also seek increased gas imports from Azerbaijan.
Yemeni Civil War The Shia Islamist Houthis fires missiles at an ARAMCO facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Russo-Ukrainian War The city council of Mariupol says that Russian Armed Forces have forcefully deported "several thousand" people to camps and remote cities in Russia.