Thailand has helped launch a global effort to fight the spread of online scams that include criminal enterprises based largely in Southeast Asia.

China and the U.S. are renewing their separate efforts to reach a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia, days ahead of a special meeting of Southeast Asian ministers on the border conflict, the worst fighting between the two in recent history.

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

Beijing is playing a more active mediation role after taking a relatively low diplomatic profile during the conflict’s first week.

President Trump is expected to speak with Thailand’s prime minister on Friday, as he seeks burnish his self-styled image as a peacemaker by intervening in a border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia that entered its fifth day.

Border tensions between Thailand and Cambodia have escalated, with Thailand conducting airstrikes in Cambodian territory.

SURIN, Thailand — Fighting raged Saturday morning along the border of Thailand and Cambodia, after President Trump declared that he had won agreement from both countries for a new ceasefire.

Trump announced the agreement to restart the ceasefire in a social media posting on Friday following calls with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet.

Thailand’s central bank ordered stricter checks on foreign-exchange transactions involving dollar sales, especially those related to gold, to curb inflows after the baht’s rapid gains this month.

Thailand nabbed a record-breaking number of gold medals as the Southeast Asian Games closed in Bangkok on Saturday, but the two-week event was overshadowed by a deadly border conflict with Cambodia. Colorful dances,

Heavy combat between Thailand and Cambodia has entered a second week, with Cambodia claiming Thai bombing is hitting deeper into its territory.