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

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 ...

Timor-Leste may have fought off two foreign invaders only to have its independence sold off by its own leaders. Children play on the deserted South Coast Highway. Credit: Bardia Rahmani In development ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This year, Timor-Leste – otherwise known as East Timor – turned 20-years-old. A significant achievement for this beautiful, young country that is home to vibrant marine life and incredible ...

Plenty of teenagers worry about what they will do when they leave school. Erna Lay worries more about where she will be. The 15-year-old worries so much, says elder sister Ervina, that she can barely ...

"The biggest meaning of my job is to improve Timorese people's lives and bring about opportunities for them to chase their dreams," Dai Linfeng, 34, an employee at the National Power Grid Project of ...

East Timor on Thursday deported a former Filipino congressman charged with multiple murders in the Philippines, saying that he was a national security threat whose presence could damage the country’s ...