Bangladesh’s U-20 women’s football team stormed into a commanding position in the AFC Women’s U-20 Asian Cup qualifiers with ...

It’s been 20 years since Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) declared its independence from Indonesia, and the nation has undergone remarkable transformation since then. Once a province of Indonesia, ...

A small half-island country about the size of Montenegro, East Timor has turquoise waters lapping onto white-sand beaches and ...

During a protest march to the Santa Cruz cemetery after a memorial service for an independence supporter, Indonesian troops opened fire, killing 271 people. In 2015, Marco Silva spoke to British ...

DILI, East Timor — When the Vatican acknowledged in 2022 that the Nobel Peace Prize-winning, East Timorese independence hero Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo had sexually abused young boys, it ...

DILI, East Timor (AP) — Pope Francis received a raucous welcome Monday as he arrived in East Timor to celebrate its recovery from a bloody and traumatic independence battle, even as he ...

After she was released from jail, her passport was taken by East Timor authorities. Addison was then re-arrested Oct. 28 during a court appearance in which she tried to get a copy of her denied ...

Most of East Timor's buildings were destroyed, as were water, power, and communications facilities. Three-quarters of the 800,000 East Timorese were displaced from their homes during the fighting.

East Timor has become a stable democracy after securing independence in 2002. But its finances are precarious, and nearly half of its people live in poverty. By Sui-Lee Wee and Ulet Ifansasti The ...

East Timor has become a stable democracy after securing independence in 2002. But its finances are precarious, and nearly half of its people live in poverty. By Sui-Lee Wee and Ulet Ifansasti The ...