DILI, East Timor (Reuters) -A devout Roman Catholic couple in East Timor has seen firsthand two popes visit their tiny Asian country and now they are praying they may witness another, once a successor ...

Timor-Leste Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão’s official visit to Vietnam and attendance at the 3rd ASEAN Future Forum ...

Prime Minister of Timor Leste Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão’s official visit to Vietnam from June 7-10 and his attendance at the ...

DILI, East Timor (AP) — 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 appeared ...

Timor Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta said full ASEAN membership has brought immediate benefits to his country.

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 ...

For spring 2015, The Diplomat presents “Diplomatic Access,” a series of exclusive interviews with ambassadors from the Asia-Pacific region. By talking to these diplomats, we’ll give readers a sense of ...

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 ...

Dili, East Timor – On the 50th anniversary of Indonesia’s invasion of East Timor, longtime independence advocate and now the country’s President Jose Ramos-Horta reflected on the last half-century of ...

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The bilateral ties, built on strong political trust, are now positioned to pivot from goodwill and political affinity toward ...