East Timor is still more an idea than a reality--surviving, for the moment, on the kindness of friends. A former Portuguese colony forcibly annexed by Indonesia in 1975, the tiny state became ...

DILI, East Timor — 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, ...

TIMOR Leste or East Timor may soon join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), of which the Philippines is one ...

“East Timor’s response to pressure caused by the imminent end of oil revenues should be to diversify its economy and spend more wisely,” adds Scheiner.

Most of East Timor's buildings were destroyed, as were water, power, and communications facilities. Three-quarters of the 800,000 East Timorese were displaced from their homes during the fighting.

DILI, East Timor (AP) — Pope Francis received a raucous welcome Monday as he arrived in East Timor to celebrate its recovery from a bloody and traumatic independence battle, even as he ...

East Timor has become a stable democracy after securing independence in 2002. But its finances are precarious, and nearly half of its people live in poverty. By Sui-Lee Wee and Ulet Ifansasti The ...

DILI, East Timor (AP) — East Timor said Thursday it would deport a former Filipino congressman charged with multiple murders in the Philippines and added that he was a national security threat ...

According to World Bank data, East Timor has a national poverty head count ratio at $3.65 a day, with approximately 40% of the population living below the poverty line.