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

Southeast Asian nation transitions from a host nation for UN peacekeeping operations, to one that contributes to supporting missions elsewhere ...

By Felipe de Carvalho During the turbulent early years of Timor-Leste's independence, the UN was a constant presence, helping ...

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.

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

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 ...

Get away from it all on this remote, untouched Southeast Asian island lined with white-sand beaches and surrounded by diverse and rare coral reefs.

The number of countries in the world does not change very often, but when it does, mapmakers (and their digital counterparts) ...

In April, North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon. In September, Papua New Guinea achieved independence from Australia. In December, Indonesia’s occupation of East Timor commenced. And at home, Gough ...