Deadly Clashes

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to a ceasefire aimed at ending weeks of intense border fighting that left more than 100 people dead and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes, marking the worst violence between the two Southeast Asian neighbors in years.

The truce, announced Saturday, took effect at noon local time and halts nearly three weeks of clashes that included fighter jet sorties, rocket exchanges, and sustained artillery fire along disputed stretches of the shared border.

In a joint statement, the defense ministers of both countries said they had agreed to maintain current troop deployments and avoid …