THE Iraqi television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former president George W Bush is expected to be released today after a day’s postponement, two of his brothers said yesterday, citing delays in processing his paperwork.

United Nations weapons inspectors have found a dangerous nerve gas in an office in New York, a UN spokeswoman said today.

A US soldier was sentenced today to 18 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to murdering three detainees during a raid on a suspected al-Qaida compound in Iraq last year.

A top government official said today that Iraq has an agreement to take over security responsibilities from foreign forces in the south of the country this month.

The Dutch mission in Iraq formally ended today when its troops in the south ceded command to the British.