After Cambodian troops fired on Thai forces early Monday morning in Ubon Ratchathani province, "the Army received reports that Thai soldiers were attacked with supporting fire weapons, resulting in one soldier killed and four wounded", Thai army spokesman Winthai Suvaree said in a statement.
Winthai also said Thailand had begun "using aircraft to strike military targets in several areas" to suppress attacks by Cambodian forces.
Cambodia's defence ministry spokeswoman Maly Socheata said Thai forces launched an attack on Cambodian troops in the border provinces of Preah Vihear and Oddar Meanchey early Monday morning, accusing Thailand of "firing multiple shots with tanks at Tamone Thom temple" and other areas near Preah Vihear temple.
She said Cambodia did not retaliate.
Met Measpheakdey, a Cambodian spokesman for the Oddar Meanchey provincial administration, said gunfire was reported in the areas of the centuries-old Tamone Thom and Ta Krabei temples, and a "number of villagers who live near the border are fleeing to safety".
Thailand's Second Army Region said in a statement that around 35,000 people in Thailand have been evacuated from areas along the border with Cambodia since the renewed fighting.
The Thai army also accused Cambodian forces of firing BM-21 rockets towards civilian areas in Buri Ram province, with no casualties reported.
Both sides reported a brief skirmish on Sunday, which Thailand's military had said left two soldiers wounded.
Five days of clashes erupted between Thailand and Cambodia this summer, killing 43 people and displacing around 300,000 before a truce took effect.
That cessation of fighting had been brokered in part by the United States, China and Malaysia, the latter as chair of the regional bloc ASEAN.
And in October, US President Donald Trump co-signed a follow-on joint declaration between Thailand and Cambodia, touting new trade deals with the countries after they agreed to prolong the ceasefire.
But Thailand suspended the deal last month after an alleged landmine blast wounded several soldiers.
The two sides then traded accusations of renewed clashes in which Phnom Penh said a civilian was killed.
The dispute centres on a century-old disagreement over borders mapped during France's colonial rule in the region, with both sides claiming a smattering of boundary temples.
18 killed in central Myanmar airstrike
Tabayin, Myanmar (AFP) Dec 6, 2025 -
Eighteen people were killed in an airstrike on a town in central Myanmar, according to a local official, a rescue worker and two residents who spoke to AFP on Saturday.
Myanmar has been rocked by civil war since the military snatched power in a 2021 coup, and its battles with numerous anti-coup fighters have brought frequent airstrikes that often kill civilians.
Two bombs were dropped on Tabayin township in Sagaing region on Friday evening, with one hitting a busy teashop, according to a local administration official.
He told AFP that 18 people were killed and 20 were wounded in the attacks.
"Deaths were high at the teashop as it was crowded time," he said. All of the sources who spoke to AFP requested anonymity for their protection.
A rescue worker who arrived on the scene 15 minutes after the strike said seven people were killed on the spot and 11 others died later at hospital.
The teashop -- a traditional social hub in Myanmar -- and around a dozen houses nearby were "totally destroyed", he said.
A survivor said he was watching a televised boxing match in the teashop when the bomb hit.
"As soon as I heard aircraft fly over, I got my body to the ground," he said, adding that the sound from the blast was deafening.
"I saw a big fire over my head... I was lucky, I returned home after that."
A junta spokesman did not answer a call from an AFP reporter.
Funerals for those killed were held on Saturday, with some victims' faces covered by towels as they had been rendered unrecognisable, a local resident said.
"I feel very sad because I knew some of them very well," she said.
A junta airstrike in Sagaing in May killed 22 people, including 20 children, despite a purported ceasefire called after a devastating earthquake hit Myanmar.
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