The Defence Forces says all Irish troops deployed in Syria have been accounted for.

There is strong evidence linking UN peacekeepers to a cholera outbreak in Haiti that has killed more than 2,000 people, a French disease expert has said.

US president George Bush will impose new economic sanctions against Sudan and call for a United Nations resolution to make the country stop stalling international efforts to halt the bloodshed in Darfur, top administration officials said today.

UN TROOPS beefed up patrols yesterday and poll workers mobilised trucks and even mules to carry ballots to remote regions as Haiti readied itself for an election that aims to restore a shaky democracy in this impoverished country.

Afghan police have discovered four more rockets aimed at the UN peacekeeping force responsible for security in the capital, Kabul.