February 22, 2020 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 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. (DNA India) (ARY News)
- 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. (Geo News)
Disasters and accidents
- 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. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- South Korea confirms that 229 more people have contracted the coronavirus in the country, raising the total number to 433. (BBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- The United States reports 34 confirmed cases of the illness and expects more. (The New York Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq
- The first coronavirus case is confirmed in Iraq. (Anadolu Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
- Samoa bans all cruise ships from visiting the country amid growing efforts to keep the virus away. (RNZ)
- France shuts down its first nuclear power reactor, at the Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant. (Deutsche Welle)
Law and crime
- 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. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 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. (Dominican Today)
- 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. (DW)
- 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
- Senator Bernie Sanders wins the Nevada Caucus. (CNN)