US officials have emphatically denied that President George Bush’s watch was stolen as he shook hands with enthusiastic Albanians.

Iraq police and the leader of the Islamic Party today reported that kidnapped US reporter Jill Carroll has been released after nearly three months in captivity.

THE Tipperary parish that US President Ronald Reagan called home is to commemorate his passing by opening a book of condolence to be signed by members of the public.

The US military has opened an investigation into allegations that an Afghan police officer was stripped naked, beaten and photographed at a US base in Afghanistan, the US Embassy in Kabul said today.

Rebellious soldiers demanding the resignation of the government of the Philippines have been given a deadline to surrender or face military action.

The United States Embassy in Kenya will be closed for two days next week – and longer if necessary – following a Pentagon alert that the threat of a terrorist act in Kenya had increased significantly, embassy spokesman Tom Hart said in Nairobi today.