Speeding bus carrying labourers collides with truck

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Thai soldiers pulled back from a disputed stretch of the Cambodian border on Tuesday, averting a possible military confrontation in the region of the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, a Cambodian general on the scene said.

Asian markets have soared for a second day, led by a stunning 13 percent jump in Tokyo, after Wall Street rallied from its worst week ever on optimism that government rescue efforts will heal the crippled global financial system.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - More than 40 Islamist militants and two soldiers have been killed in the latest fighting in Pakistan's troubled northwest near the Afghan border, paramilitary force officials said on Tuesday.

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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says his government will inject 10.4 billion Australian dollars (US$7.4 billion) into the Australian ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - North Korea on Monday restored U.N. monitors' access to its atom bomb complex and will resume disabling its nuclear reactor on Tuesday, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said, after a deal with Washington to save the process.

HARARE (Reuters) - zimbabwe's parliament resumes work on Tuesday for a session that could test a power-sharing deal between president Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

Global stocks rallied at the open on Tuesday, on the heels of a massive rally in U.S. and European markets and in anticipation of more government investment in ailing banks.

DEADLY brush fires have roared out of the foothills and canyons on the northern fringe of Los Angeles, destroying dozens of homes.