Cambodia will nominate Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in securing a ceasefire with Thailand after days of skirmishes. Sun Chanthol, Cambodia's deputy prime minister, said his country would recommend Trump for the award as he praised him for a diplomatic breakthrough.

Cambodian leaders have joined a long list of hardliners in nominating United States President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, a decision made as this tiny Southeast Asian country said it would buy 10 Boeing aircraft and won a sharp reduction in US-export tariffs.