Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali Civil War
- A suicide bomber attacks a United Nations convoy near Aden Adde International Airport killing six people. (AP) (BBC)
International relations
- Foreign ministers from members of NATO attend a summit in Belgium to discuss the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant insurgency. (Xinhua)
- Transparency International issues its 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index with Denmark achieving the highest rating and North Korea and Somalia tied with the lowest ranking. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Italian police arrest a mix of mafia gangsters, corrupt politicians, and one former terrorist in a corruption scandal exploiting migrants and gipsies. (Telegraph)
Politics and elections
- The Israeli parliament- the Knesset votes to dissolve the government and hold early election on March 17. (Haaretz)
- Less than three months after winning the general election, Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Löfven calls a snap general election after parliament rejected his government's budget proposal. (BBC)
Science and technology
- The Japanese space agency, JAXA, launches the space explorer Hayabusa2 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a six-year roundtrip mission to the asteroid (162173) 1999 JU3 to collect rock samples. (AP)