A video of people gathered for Pope Francis’ visit to East Timor in 2024 was shared with false captions saying that it showed ongoing protests in Turkey against President Tayyip Erdogan in March ...

Critics may question whether a small island nation such as East Timor could have an impact on a crisis as complex and seemingly intractable as Myanmar’s. This overlooks, however, the power of ...

Belo and Ramos-Horta shared the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts toward “a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor," which was deeply scarred by a brutal Indonesian ...

the Australian-led and US-backed intervention in East Timor. Following the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 and the collapse of the Suharto regime in Indonesia, Washington and Canberra shifted ...

During Indonesia's occupation of East Timor, thousands of children were separated from their families and taken to Indonesia. One project seeks to reunite these "Stolen Children." NGO worker Raisa ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia--East Timor is at an energy development crossroads ... it faces a looming economic crisis as the gas fields its economy depends on near depletion, hampering its ability to ...

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East Timor's first year of freedom from Indonesia was largely devoted to recovery and reconstruction from the September 1999 violence that left the entire country a charred ruin. As they rebuilt ...

Xanana Gusmão, the President of Timor-Leste and José Ramos Horta, then Minister for Foreign Affairs, made visits to France in 2003 and 2006. Timor-Leste’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, ...

People sit atop a vehicle travelling along a road near Viqueqe in the south-east. East Timor is opening up more of its land for mining and exploration, and has awarded most of the licences to ...

The Southeast Asian island nation of Timor-Leste, formerly known as East Timor, will celebrate ... Gusmao’s views on conflict- resolution proved instrumental in bringing peace to the country.

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres – who, while prime minster of Portugal, was heavily involved in the international effort to resolve the crisis in Timor-Leste – attended the celebrations.