East Timor has become a stable democracy after securing independence in 2002. But its finances are precarious, and nearly ...

T ASITOLU, East Timor (AP) — An estimated 600,000 people — nearly half of East Timor’s population —- packed a seaside park Tuesday for Pope Francis’ final Mass, held on the same field ...

The subsequent diplomatic deadlock has left Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, which now numbers in the millions, with scant ...

Leste’s independence, the UN was a constant presence, helping to maintain peace and stability. Twenty-four years on, the ...

Tasitolu: The Vatican says some 600,000 people have attended Pope Francis' Mass in East Timor, or nearly half the country's ...

Access to electricity is a modern development for many of East Timor’s 1.3 million people, after much of the country’s infrastructure was razed by Indonesian forces during the war for ...

East Timor campaigner Tom Hyland was remembered ... a Timorese flag, a 1999 Rehab “People of the Year Award”, a toy dog and a bouquet to note his love of animals and nature.

‘I am so happy’: Pope’s East Timor mass draws 600,000, nearly half the nation Pope Francis’ visit to East Timor drew a record-breaking crowd, highlighting the significance of the pontiff ...

The liberation of East Timor pushed Australia and Indonesia to the brink of confrontation, but diplomacy and a peacekeeping mission led to the birth of a nation. People involved talk about the lasting ...