Jose da Costa's escape from Indonesian-occupied East Timor in 1995 has been detailed in a new book launched at the Northern ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia--East Timor is at an energy development crossroads.

DILI, East Timor (AP) — East Timor is in a festive mood as it prepares for the arrival of Pope Francis on his first trip to the deeply Catholic country, hard on the heels of the 25th anniversary of ...

At the Shangri-La Dialogue, the East Timor president cites Asean as an example of how communication can prevent conflict and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Francis (L) and East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta are pictured during a meeting with authorities, civil society and the ...

SYDNEY--East Timor has not discussed military cooperation with China in its upgrade of diplomatic ties, President Jose ...

East Timor President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate José Ramos-Horta on Saturday urged countries in the Asia-Pacific to consider declaring the South China Sea a “zone of peace,” calling for a bold ...

Upon his arrival in the Catholic island of East Timor on Monday, Pope Francis entrusted the new country to the Blessed Virgin Mary, “I entrust East Timor and all its people to the protection of the ...

East Timor is still more an idea than a reality--surviving, for the moment, on the kindness of friends. A former Portuguese colony forcibly annexed by Indonesia in 1975, the tiny state became ...

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 ...

A key United Nations official and an election monitor discuss East Timor's transition from war-torn province to independent state. For more on East Timor, its independence and future, we turn to ...