Timor-Leste’s economy is growing again but remains fragile, heavily dependent on government spending and facing risks after the end of oil revenues. Its ASEAN membership offers a key opportunity to ...

José Ramos-Horta urged to explain diplomatic passport given to businessman behind resort project, who denies any involvement with organised crime ...

East Timorese gather at Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili during a commemoration of the 23rd anniversary of Indonesia’s invasion (Dec. 7, 1998). As announced by the Permanent Court of Arbitration on ...

East Timor could be bankrupt within a decade unless it takes urgent action to diversify its economy and reassess its fixation with mega-petroleum projects East Timor was once seen as the poster child ...

DILI, East Timor (AP) — When the Vatican acknowledged in 2022 that the Nobel Peace Prize-winning, East Timorese independence hero Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo had sexually abused young boys, it appeared ...

One of the more interesting sessions presented at the recent Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston focused on the tiny Indian Ocean nation of Timor-Leste, featuring the President and CEO of ...

On June 18 of this year, Timor-Leste abstained from a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly condemning the military regime in Myanmar. The decision drew ample criticism, including from ...

The President of Timor-Leste José Ramos-Horta has suggested that Chinese diplomats turned down requests to develop police and military infrastructure in his country because they were worried about ...

I traveled to Timor-Leste in May and spent four days exploring its capital city. Timor-Leste is one of the least-visited countries in the world. While inaccessible and expensive, it was worth visiting ...

In East Timor, a country where 98% of the population is Catholic, Pope Francis was met with great enthusiasm on Tuesday by local clergy and religious. About 600 clergy and religious crammed into the ...