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The virus spreads from animals to humans, via person-to-person contact or through consuming contaminated food.

The virus spreads from animals to humans, via person-to-person contact or through consuming contaminated food.


![Soldiers stand guard near a bunker at Hill 350, a site of clashes between Thailand and Cambodia in December 2025, in Surin province, Thailand. [Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1769104599.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![A soldier walks next to Prasat Ta Khwai, a site of clashes between Thailand and Cambodia in December 2025, in Surin province, Thailand. [Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1769027178.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

![Gambian Justice Minister and Attorney General Dawda Jallow sits in the courtroom, next to lawyer Arsalan Suleman, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) starts hearings in a landmark case brought by The Gambia, which accuses Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya, a minority Muslim group, in The Hague, Netherlands, on January 12, 2026 [Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-01-12T094241Z_1499227565_RC2LZIAI6JY3_RTRMADP_3_MYANMAR-ROHINGYA-WORLD-COURT-1768496092.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)


![Recovery workers watch as a carriage of a train that crashed when a construction crane collapsed is lifted off the tracks in Thailand's Nakhon Ratchasima province on Jan. 14, 2026. A crane at a China-backed high-speed rail project in Thailand collapsed onto a passenger train on January 14 and caused it to derail, killing at least 28 people and injuring dozens more, authorities said. [Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1768410709.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

At least 29 people were killed and dozens injured after a construction crane collapsed onto a train in Thailand.
The train, travelling from Bangkok to northeast Thailand, derails when a construction crane falls on it.
The aid is earmarked to help support both countries in border stabilisation efforts.
Thai military says Cambodia is blaming “operational error” as solider wounded in mortar strike in disputed border area.













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Thailand has released 18 Cambodian soldiers it had detained since July, after the two countries agreed to a ceasefire.
Thailand hands over 18 soldiers after 155 days of captivity as truce agreed over the weekend continues to hold.
While the ceasefire has held since Saturday, Thailand says Cambodia violated deal with drone flights over the border.