Timor-Leste has launched a tender to support two planned projects that could boost the nation’s economy — Greater Sunrise and the Bayu-Undan redevelopment. After more than 50 years since its discovery ...

THE Timor-Leste government and Zchwantech Sdn Bhd, a leading Malaysian technology architecture firm, recently announced a strategic partnership to co-develop a sovereign, AI-powered national digital ...

2025 has been a big whale tourism season in Timor-Leste; operators were fully booked during the peak season of September to December. But increasingly aggressive practices fueled by competition ...

Newly established upstream company PetroTim Resources has been awarded the TL-OT-25-24 production sharing contract onshore its native Timor-Leste. PetroTim and partner state-owned Timor GAP have ...

Timor-Leste and Woodside Energy (WDS) have entered a new phase of collaboration after signing a Cooperation Agreement aimed at progressing a Timor-based liquefied natural gas development model for the ...

Getting into the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is as hard as getting into heaven, says José Ramos-Horta (pictured), the president of Timor-Leste. After years in purgatory, the tiny ...

Asia’s youngest country and Asean’s latest member might be small but it’s ready to get to work. We speak to president José Ramos-Horta to explore what’s next. At long last Timor-Leste has been ...

Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao attends the ASEAN-Canada Summit in Jakarta, Sep. 3, 2023. Credit: Media Center of The ASEAN Summit 2023/M Agung Rajasa/pras/mifta The saga of Timor-Leste’s ...

In August 2025, Indonesia began negotiations on its maritime boundary with Timor-Leste. This move represents a notable shift as Jakarta has long insisted that maritime boundaries should only be ...

The Southeast Asian nation of Timor-Leste and the East African state of Mozambique are about 10,000 kilometers apart, yet their history is unusually connected. The two former Portuguese colonies are ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Timor-Leste as malaria-free, a remarkable achievement for a country that prioritized the disease and embarked on a concerted, nation-wide response ...

Four oil tankers sanctioned for hauling Russian oil are falsely flying the flag of Timor-Leste. The tiny island nation does not have an international registry and the government confirmed the ...