Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2021 Myanmar protests
  • Police launch the most extensive crackdown since the protests began, critically wounding a woman and detaining hundreds of people across the country. (Reuters)
  • The junta leaders sack Myanmar's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Kyaw Moe Tun after he called for their removal in a UN General Assembly meeting on Friday. (BBC)
• Kagara kidnapping
  • All the 42 people, including 27 students, who were kidnapped from a boarding school in Kagara, Niger State, Nigeria, on 17 February, are released by their captors. (Al Jazeera)
• 2021 missile attacks in Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia intercept a ballistic missile attack over its capital Riyadh and bomb-laden drones targeting the southern province Jizan, conducted by Yemen's rebel Houthis backed by Iran. (ABC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Wales
        • First Minister Mark Drakeford announces that Wales eases their COVID-19 restrictions to allow households with a baby below the age of one to bubble with one other household. (BBC)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • Italian government tightens restrictions in five regions in effort to stem the spread of COVID-19. For the first time since January, Basilicata and Molise are moved into the strictest red zone, while Lombardy, Piedmont and Marche are moved to red zone. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Romania, COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova
      • Romania donates 21,600 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to Moldova for starting its vaccination program to frontline health workers next week. (U.S. News and World Report)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
      • Hong Kong receives the shipment of 585,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines with strict measures in place for safe delivery to the public. (South China Morning Post)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
      • Malaysia receives the first batch consisting 300,000 doses of Sinovac Coronavac vaccine. (New Straits Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the State of Palestine
      • The Palestinian National Authority announces a new lockdown restrictions in the West Bank for 12 days, which includes closure of universities, ban of gatherings on weddings and funerals and nighttime curbs on travel and non-essential commerce amid rise of COVID-19 cases and struggle of vaccine rollout. (The New York Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
      • The government extends the General Community Quarantine in Metro Manila, Davao City, and eight other areas until the end of March amid rise of COVID-19 infections. (ABS-CBN News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    • COVID-19-related restrictions in Victoria are eased in line with the rest of Australia after a recent outbreak is contained. Private gatherings are allowed up to 30 people and public gatherings up to 100, masks will only be mandated in shopping centres and public transport, and offices are allowed to return up to 75% of their workforce. (7 News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
    • South Africa receives the second batch consisting at least 80,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine. (News24)

Law and crime

• Corruption in Indonesia
  • Indonesia's anti-corruption agency arrest South Sulawesi Governor Nurdin Abdullah and several others for alleged corruption in Makassar. Abdullah's arrest came as a surprise to many with his track record as an anti-corruption champion. (Jakarta Globe)