US president Barack Obama has said he and Chinese president Hu Jintao want to ensure that Iran lives by “international rules and norms” amid fresh allegations that Tehran is conducting nuclear weapons work in secret.

ANTI-GOVERNMENT demonstrators swarmed Bangkok’s international airport late last night, halting departing flights, as opponents and supporters of Thailand’s government fought in the streets of the city.

President Bush today defended his build-up of forces in Iraq and pledged to “hang in there” with Iraqis despite calls from Congress to get troops home.

Australia and the United States talked up nuclear power during a two-day Asia Pacific climate change conference, but the controversial energy source was conspicuously absent when meeting delegates issued a strategy for slashing greenhouse gas emissions.

Terror suspect Hambali was plotting an attack on an upcoming Asia-Pacific summit in Thailand to be attended by US President George W. Bush, it was disclosed today.