Fresh cross-border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia broke out on Sunday hours after US President Donald Trump announced the two Southeast Asian nations had agreed to ceasefire talks.

After calls by President Trump, the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand are set to meet in Malaysia on Monday to discuss a halt to the fighting.

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an “immediate and unconditional” ceasefire to their border hostilities, after five days of the deadliest fighting between the two nations in a decade. More follows The Independent has always had a global perspective.