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An ACIAR-​funded small research activity led by Charles Darwin University is supporting Timor-Leste and the Northern ...

Indonesia’s occupation of Timor-Leste from 1975 to 1998 was marked by violence and resulted in large-scale destruction of economic infrastructure. Since gaining independence in 2002, this island ...

Timor-Leste is seeking to have the case dismissed later this month, but if it is unsuccessful it says it will fight the lawsuit at trial. As blackouts crippled Timor-Leste, its leaders scrambled ...

MANILA: The Philippines has warned Timor-Leste about the possible relocation of offshore gaming operations to their country. In a statement released on Wednesday (Oct 2), the Department of Justice ...

Crowds are cheering the arrival of United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who's come to help mark Timor-Leste's independence, 25 years on. Speaking at the commemoration, Timor-Leste's ...

Speaking at the Concorde Club meeting on Monday (Feb 24), Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said that Timor-Leste is on track to become a full member of Asean by the regional bloc's second ...

Access to electricity is a modern development for many of East Timor’s 1.3 million people, after much of the country’s infrastructure was razed by Indonesian forces during the war for ...

With 42 percent of Timor-Leste’s population living below the poverty line, some question the $12 million price tag of the papal visit. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres – who ...