Thailand is set to hold an early election on Feb. 8, following the dissolution of parliament by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul

Thailand's leader vowed on Saturday to keep fighting on the disputed border with Cambodia as fighter jets struck targets hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had brokered a new ceasefire. C

Thailand will hold a general election on Feb. 8, with pre-poll surveys signaling a fractured mandate as outgoing Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul bets that the intensifying armed conflict with Cambodia will bolster support for his conservative party.

The move came as China’s government urged both nations to exercise “utmost restraint” and de-escalate tensions.

TotalEnergies has agreed to sell an indirect stake of almost 10% in a Malaysian offshore gas block to Thailand’s state-backed PTTEP for an undisclosed sum, the French oil major said on Tuesday.

The escalation broke the ceasefire brokered in July by Trump who threatened to halt trade talks with the two countries unless they ended the fight.

An expert says the Thai military's strikes on Cambodian casinos and suspected scam centres could be putting the lives of civilians and human trafficking victims at risk and may be considered war crimes.

Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul looks set to tap burgeoning nationalism over a border conflict with Cambodia to boost his appeal in a general election stemming from his dissolution of parliament after less than 100 days in power.