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2025

In response to resumed clashes with Thailand, Cambodia shuts down its border crossings with Thailand.

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Cambodia closes all border crossings with Thailand following renewed armed clashes, escalating a territorial dispute into a full diplomatic and logistical rupture.

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1922

Civil War Impending in Ireland; Ulster Border Is Sealed to Civilian Traffic According to Reports

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE BELFAST, Feb. 14—Seventeen persons, including a woman and four children, have been killed in fighting between Orangemen and Sinn Feiners in this city and suburbs during the past six hours. Bomb explosions and rifle fusillades rasted through the streets during most of the night. The Ulster border has been sealed to civilian traffic, according to information from Monaghan.

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The Lake County times. (Hammond, Ind.), February 14, 1922 — front page Enlarge →

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Battle of Dublin

The Battle of Dublin was a week of street battles in Dublin from 28 June to 5 July 1922 that marked the beginning of the Irish Civil War. Six months after the Anglo-Irish Treaty ended the recent Irish War of Independence, it was fought between the forces of the new Provisional Government and a section of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) that opposed the Treaty.

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Irish Free State

The Irish Free State (6 December 1922 – 29 December 1937), also known by its Irish name Saorstát Éireann, was the Irish state established in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921, initially as a Dominion. The treaty ended the three-year Irish War of Independence between the forces of the Irish Republic—the Irish Republican Army (IRA)—and British Crown forces.

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The Troubles

The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Although the Troubles mostly took place in Northern Ireland, at times violence spilled over into parts of the Republic of Ireland, England, and mainland Europe.

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Kuala Lumpur Peace Accord

The Kuala Lumpur Peace Accord (officially the Joint Declaration by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand on the Outcomes of Their Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) was a peace agreement signed on 26 October 2025, on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The accord was reached in the aftermath of an escalating border crisis along the Cambodia–Thailand border, which had seen armed clashes, landmine incidents, and heightened military deployments on both sides.

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