The subsequent diplomatic deadlock has left Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, which now numbers in the millions, with scant ...

Leste’s independence, the UN was a constant presence, helping to maintain peace and stability. Twenty-four years on, the ...

hosted United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to mark the 25th anniversary of a U.N.-backed referendum that led to East Timor’s independence from neighboring Indonesia in 2002.

DILI, East Timor--Former East Timor independence fighter Xanana Gusmao was sworn in Saturday as prime minister of Asia’s youngest country after his party won the parliamentary election in May.

Complex history - East Timor has a complex history marked by ... where about 98 percent of its 1.3 million people are ...

East Timor would prefer to work with Australia and partners Woodside Energy and Japan's Osaka Gas over Chinese firms that ...

Recovery was slow after East Timor gained formal independence in 2002. By 2015, just 60% of the population had access to electricity, according to the World Bank. Efforts to electrify the country ...

Opens in new window ] East Timor became the independent Republic of Democratic Timor-Leste in 1999, with a vote for independence of 78.5 per cent. Adding to the 186,000 already dead victims of the ...

‘I am so happy’: Pope’s East Timor mass draws 600,000, nearly half the nation Pope Francis’ visit to East Timor drew a record-breaking crowd, highlighting the significance of the pontiff ...

DILI (Reuters) - East Timor would prefer to work with Australia ... also known as Timor-Leste, which gained independence from Indonesia in 2002. "Our government is open to listening to other ...