U.N. Security Council calls for de-escalation and urges ASEAN to mediate a peaceful solution.
Many thousands pour into shelters amid fresh shelling, while officials mull a peace deal and warn of wider war.
The neighboring countries trade blame after skirmishes in disputed areas kill at least 12 people and injure dozens.
Thai officials accuse Cambodia of laying new landmines in a disputed border area, which Phnom Penh has denied.
Thousands are arrested in compounds that rights organizations say are populated by victims of human trafficking.
Ta Muen Thom is the latest scene of heightened tension as Thailand and Cambodia border dispute continues.
The move will mandate military service beginning next year under a law on the books since 2006.
The decision in Cambodia’s National Assembly clears the way for officials to strip citizenship from dissidents.
Critics warn the amendment, which officials say is key to national security, would be used to squash dissent.
Amnesty documents torture, forced and child labor, human trafficking, and slavery in at least 53 scam compounds.
