A new study from Public Health England has found the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine is 88% effective against the Indian variant of the virus after two doses, with the AstraZeneca jab 60% effective after both doses.

The UN Security Council has called for "full adherence to the ceasefire" in the conflict between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza, in its first statement since violence erupted on 10 May.

Twenty-one people have died after hail, freezing rain and high winds hit runners taking part in a 100km cross-country mountain race in China, according to state media reports, sparking public outrage over the lack of contingency planning.

After the trial of Deirdre Morley heard shocking details about how her three children died, Legal Affairs Correspondent, Órla O'Donnell, looks at why cases involving pleas of insanity are held before juries.

Thousands have fled a volcanic eruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo with lava from Mount Nyiragongo reaching Goma city early this morning.

There were quizzical glances when the Duchess of Cornwall was driven into the loyalist Kilcooley area of Bangor in Co Down in a black BMW fitted with a Dublin number plate behind a cavalcade of PSNI motorcycles with blue lights flashing.

A pioneer of remote work, IBM installed remote terminals in employees' homes as early as the 1980s, and by 2009, when the idea of remote work was still a novelty for most, 40% of IBM's global workforce worked at home.

The HSE has developed and tested a new version of the decryption tool and this is now being deployed across the core network.

Amid hopes that next week might signal a way out of the health system disruption, Crime Correspondent Paul Reynolds maps the cyber attack and the players behind it.

Italy have won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with their song Zitti E Buoni (Shut up and Behave), which was performed by rock act Måneskin.

The Department of Health has been notified of 381 new cases of Covid-19. The number of people being treated in intensive care with the virus is 42, up four from yesterday.

The PSNI and gardaí have issued an appeal to find two children who are missing from Belfast and are believed to have been in the Tipperary area.

A new opinion poll suggests a small increase in support for Fine Gael and the Green Party and a slight drop for Sinn Féin.

Public Health Mid-West has warned that the Limerick region could find itself in "a very troubling position" if daily Covid-19 case numbers in the area continue to rise, while hospitals deal with massive disruption due to the HSE cyber attack.

A ceremony has taken place in Dublin Castle to remember gardaí who have lost their lives in service to the State.

A six-year-old boy in Los Angeles was killed in a "road rage" incident as he was being driven to school, US media reported, the latest of a growing number of young victims of gun violence in the United States.

It's now just over a week since the HSE was hit by the devastating cyber attack on its computer and information systems.

A remote-controlled Chinese motorised rover has driven down the ramp of a landing capsule and onto the surface of Mars, making China the first nation to orbit, land and deploy a land vehicle on its inaugural mission to the red planet.

The ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza is holding, as humanitarian aid begins to enter the Israeli-blockaded enclave ravaged by 11 days of violence.

More than 1,000 people have attended a rally outside the Israeli Embassy in Dublin to protest violence against Palestinians.