Vietnam lockdown adds to global coffee supply concerns

Vietnam has added to concerns over global supplies of coffee as the South East Asian country's biggest city remains in lockdown.

New Zealand woman dies after receiving Pfizer vaccine

New Zealand has reported what it believes to be its first death linked to the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.

Another Kabul airport attack likely, Biden warns

Another attack on Kabul airport is highly likely, US President Joe Biden has warned, saying commanders have told him it could come as early as Sunday.

US says IS-K planner killed in Afghan drone strike

The US military says it believes it has killed a planner for the Afghan branch of the Islamic State group in a drone strike in the east of the country.

Striking pictures from around the world this week

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.

Tom Cruise's BMW stolen during Mission: Impossible filming

Hollywood actor Tom Cruise's BMW was stolen while he was filming in Birmingham. The actor has been in the city filming the seventh instalment in the Mission: Impossible film series. The Sun claimed the vehicle used by Cruise was taken from outside the Grand Hotel with thousands of pounds worth of goods inside.

More than half of Indian adults have had first jab

More than half of India's eligible population - some 473 million people - have received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine, official data says. India has been ramping up its vaccination drive as it races to stave off the third wave of infections. It has so far given more than 610 million doses of three approved vaccines - Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik V.

Twelve-year-old boy makes £290,000 from whale NFTs

A 12-year-old boy from London has made about £290,000 during the school holidays, after creating a series of pixelated artworks called Weird Whales and selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Kabul evacuations hit by threat of terrorist attack

A number of nations say there is a high threat of a terrorist attack at Kabul airport and have warned their citizens not to travel there.

Nirvana sued by the baby from Nevermind cover

Spencer Elden, the man who was photographed as a baby on the album cover for Nirvana's Nevermind, is suing the band alleging sexual exploitation. The cover depicts Elden as a four-month-old in a swimming pool, grasping for a dollar bill that's being dangled in front of him on a fishing line.