The United Nations have told its officials to not use WhatsApp to communicate because "it's not supported as a secure mechanism". "The senior officials at the UN have been instructed not to use WhatsApp," UN spokesman Farhan Haq said. This comes after UN experts demanded an investigation into Saudi Arabia's alleged involvement in hacking Amazon CEO's phone through WhatsApp.

A total of 14 people have been tested in the UK for the deadly coronavirus, which has claimed 25 lives in China and the British government has admitted an "increased likelihood" of its spread to the country. Public Health England, the executive arm of the government's Department for Health, said that five-people had tested negative for the virus and nine others await their results.

A lawyer, appearing for two of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case, is "making fun" of the system by using "tactics" to delay their hanging, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged on Friday. "We must work together to ensure speedy justice. So that laws can be amended to remove shortcomings," he said in a tweet in Hindi.