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Thailand has accused Cambodian forces of opening fire across the disputed frontier on Wednesday, the second reported violation since a Malaysia-brokered truce took effect at midnight on Monday.
Thai military officials said Cambodian soldiers used small arms and grenade launchers at three positions inside Sisaket province on Cambodia’s northern border, prompting Thai troops to return fire “in self-defence.”
“This behaviour shows no respect for the agreement, undermines de-escalation efforts and erodes trust between the two countries,” army spokesman Major-General Winthai Suvaree told reporters in Bangkok.
Cambodia denied the charge, calling it “false, misleading and harmful to the fragile trust-building process.” Foreign-ministry spokesperson Chum Sounry reiterated Phnom Penh’s support for independent monitors to oversee the ceasefire.
The truce, negotiated in Kuala Lumpur after five days of the heaviest fighting in more than a decade, was pushed by Malaysian Premier Anwar Ibrahim and U.S. President Donald Trump. Mr Trump warned both sides that their exports face a 36 % tariff in the U.S.—their largest market—unless hostilities stop and trade terms are renegotiated.
At least 43 people have been killed and more than 300,000 civilians displaced on either side of the frontier since deadly clashes flared on 25 July, according to Thai and Cambodian officials.
Under the ceasefire, both armies agreed to halt troop movements ahead of a high-level meeting of defence ministers scheduled for 4 August in Cambodia. There have been no reports of heavy artillery fire since the deal, but neither side has begun withdrawing forces.
Malaysia has offered to chair a joint monitoring mechanism, while the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is considering sending observers if requested, diplomatic sources said.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
A shooting in Nice, southeastern France, left two people dead and five injured on Friday, authorities said.
Snapchat will start charging users who store more than 5GB of photos and videos in its Memories feature, prompting backlash from long-time users.
Moscow says it will not seize European assets but warns it could reconsider if the European Union moves to confiscate frozen Russian sovereign funds.
The investigation into the downing of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, which crashed near Aktau on 25 December 2024, is nearing completion, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said on Wednesday.
Shots were fired outside Serbia's parliament building in Belgrade on Wednesday and one person was injured, local media reported.
Flights were suspended from 10:30pm on Tuesday until 6:30am on Wednesday, following sightings of illicit balloon traffic in Lithuanian airspace, the National Crisis Management Centre (NCMC) said.
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