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Thailand alleges truce breach in border flare-up with Cambodia; Phnom Penh denies weapons use Thailand’s military said its troops exchanged fire with Cambodian forces along their disputed border after a grenade was launched near a Thai patrol in Sisaket province, accusing Phnom Penh of violating a December ceasefire. Cambodia’s government rejected the claim as “entirely false,” insisting no weapons were fired. In a statement, the Thai army said Cambodian forces “fired a single 40mm grenade round” near a patrol, prompting…

At least 28 people were killed and 80 others injured when a passenger train derailed in northeastern Thailand after a construction crane fell onto three of its carriages, authorities said. The crash occurred in the Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, about 230 kilometers northeast of Bangkok. The train was traveling from the capital to Ubon Ratchathani province when it was struck, forcing multiple carriages off the track. Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said there were 195 people on board and ordered a…

At least 19 killed as construction crane crushes Thai passenger train, derailing three cars At least 19 people were killed in northeastern Thailand when a construction crane collapsed onto a passing passenger train, derailing three carriages and sparking a brief fire, authorities said. The crash occurred in Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, about 230 kilometers northeast of Bangkok. The train had departed the capital and was bound for Ubon Ratchathani province in the country’s far east. Local police said more…

Thailand accused Cambodia of violating a 10-day-old truce with cross-border mortar fire that wounded a Thai soldier, while Phnom Penh said a separate blast from a “pile of garbage” injured two of its own troops along their contested frontier. The Thai army said Cambodian forces fired mortar rounds into Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani province this morning, breaching the ceasefire agreed on December 27 to halt weeks of border clashes. In a later statement, Thai officials said Cambodian counterparts contacted a Thai unit to insist…

Thailand releases 18 Cambodian soldiers as border cease-fire holds Thailand has released 18 Cambodian soldiers held since July, both governments said, in the first tangible sign that a fresh cease-fire is holding after weeks of deadly clashes along their disputed frontier. Thailand’s Foreign Ministry confirmed the repatriation as “a demonstration of goodwill and confidence-building,” saying the troops were handed back to Cambodia after more than three days without major incidents under a truce agreed on Saturday. The…

Cambodia accuses Thailand of bombing border casino town as pressure mounts to halt clashes Cambodia has accused Thailand’s military of bombing the casino town of Poipet, a major crossing between the two countries, as regional and global powers pressed both sides to halt reignited border clashes. Thai forces “dropped two bombs in the area of Poipet Municipality, Banteay Meanchey Province” at about 11 a.m. local time, the Cambodian defense ministry said in a statement. Thailand has not confirmed any strike on Poipet, a…

Cambodia accuses Thailand of bombing Poipet as ASEAN, China press for ceasefire Cambodia accused Thailand’s military of bombing the border city of Poipet, a major crossing and casino hub, as international pressure mounted on both governments to halt renewed clashes along their frontier. Thai forces “dropped two bombs in the area of Poipet Municipality, Banteay Meanchey Province” at around 11 a.m. local time, Cambodia’s defense ministry said in a statement. Thailand has not confirmed any strike on Poipet. The fighting, which…

Cambodia shuts border crossings with Thailand as Bangkok denies Trump claim of ceasefire Cambodia has closed all official crossings with Thailand amid days of cross-border clashes, hours after Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul contradicted former U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion that the two countries had agreed to halt fighting. The Interior Ministry in Phnom Penh said it would “suspend all entry and exit movements at all Cambodia-Thailand border crossings” effective immediately, following new fatalities along…

Thailand launched air strikes against neighboring Cambodia on Friday as renewed clashes along their disputed border escalated sharply, with both sides trading blame and reporting casualties. At least four Cambodian civilians and one Thai soldier were killed, officials said, as evacuations widened and artillery and rockets pounded frontier areas. Thailand’s Second Army Region said about 35,000 people have been evacuated from Thai border communities, while Cambodia’s information minister, Neth Pheaktra, reported at least 1,157…

BANGKOK — Thailand launched air strikes along its disputed border with Cambodia after both countries accused the other of breaching a cease-fire agreement brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Thai military said, marking the sharpest escalation in months along one of Southeast Asia’s most volatile frontiers. The Thai military said at least one Thai soldier was killed and four were wounded in fresh clashes around two areas of Ubon Ratchathani province after its troops came under Cambodian fire. “The Thai side has now…