Imagine throwing a party after 400 years of waiting, only to have tanks show up nine days later. That’s how East Timor’s story started – like the worst housewarming party ever. For 24 years, Indonesia ...

A small half-island country about the size of Montenegro, East Timor has turquoise waters lapping onto white-sand beaches and mountain roads winding up around mist-shrouded hills overlooking valleys ...

Almost half the population of East Timor, the most Catholic nation outside Vatican City, attended a Mass presided over by Pope Francis on Tuesday on the third leg of his Asia trip. An estimated ...

Anthony Albanese will tell East Timor’s parliament that the Southeast Asian nation and Australia’s “respect for each other, ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — East Timor is at an energy development crossroads. While the small Southeast Asian nation — and one of the world's youngest countries — has made international and domestic pledges ...

In East Timor, a country where 98% of the population is Catholic, Pope Francis was met with great enthusiasm on Tuesday by local clergy and religious. About 600 clergy and religious crammed into the ...

SYDNEY, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will flag Australia's desire for deeper security and energy ties ...

(MOHD RASFAN/AFP/AFP) East Timor joined the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc as its 11th member state on Sunday, after 14 years of campaigning. Its Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit East Timor to discuss deepening security and energy partnerships. The trip ...

BATUGADE, East Timor, May 22 (UNHCR) - After the heady celebrations of East Timor's Independence Day, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers got right down to work this week, visiting the ...

An estimated 600,000 Catholics attended Pope Francis’ Mass on Tuesday in East Timor, a small island country that is 98% Catholic. The pope celebrated the youthfulness of East Timor at the massive ...