India's daily coronavirus death toll has passed a new record as the government battled to get oxygen supplies to hospitals overwhelmed by the hundreds of thousands of new daily cases.

Debris from the missing Indonesian submarine has been recovered, according to the country's military.

Southeast Asian leaders will hold Myanmar crisis talks with junta leader Min Aung Hlaing who has become the focus of international outrage over a military coup and crackdown that has left more than 700 dead.

Firefighters are battling a huge gorse fire spreading across the Mourne Mountains.

He was once described by the Wall Street Journal as "the man Vladimir Putin fears most".

The Covid-19 vaccination roll-out continues this weekend with GP vaccination clinics in Cork and Galway delivering second dose vaccinations to more than 1,500 people aged over 75.

The Cúirt International Festival of Literature is under way in Galway, with a focus on how the pandemic has impacted creativity and boosted reading during the last year.

Israeli police clashed with Palestinians for a second night in annexed east Jerusalem, amid mounting tensions over a ban on gatherings and anger fuelled by videos posted of attacks.

Ministers face tough calls next week as they decide on the level of reopening for May amid heightened expectations from the public and business.

New Zealand has paused its newly opened travel bubble with Australia, the government in Wellington said, after a Covid-19 outbreak in its larger neighbour.

In pub quizzes in years to come, questions might be asked about what the acronyms NIAC, NPHET and the latest one VRG stand for. Over a year ago, most people had never heard of these terms.

Use of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine should be resumed in the United States, advisers to US health regulators have said, after weighing evidence of the shot's link to extremely rare but potentially deadly blood clots.

Europe's drug regulator has reiterated that the benefits of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine outweigh any risks, as part of a detailed guidance from ongoing reviews into rare blood clots to help individual nations determine the shot's use.

A senior figure in the Kinahan organised crime group has pleaded guilty to hiding over €250,000 in cash in the attic of a house in Co Kildare.

"They are fitter, stronger and tougher."

US President Joe Biden will travel to the United Kingdom and Belgium in June for his first overseas trip since taking office, the White House has said.

Obstetricians have called for pregnant women to be given priority for Covid-19 vaccines.

An 18-year-old man has been charged with child abduction and other offences in Northern Ireland.

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has pleaded not guilty to federal sex trafficking charges in the case accusing her of helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein recruit and sexually abuse girls.

Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill has said now is the time to talk and plan for "something better" in relation to a united Ireland.