DILI, East Timor — Women and children ran screaming from their homes Saturday as renegade militias lit dozens of houses ablaze in East Timor's capital Saturday, even as foreign troops worked to stem ...

East Timor has many beautiful, unspoiled beaches. Near the capital Dili, there are two popular tourist beaches: Areia Branca and Cristo Rei. Meanwhile, there are many other pristine beaches to explore ...

DILI, East Timor – Women and children ran screaming from their homes as renegade militias burned dozens of homes in East Timor’s capital Saturday, even as foreign troops worked to stem violence that ...

DILI, March 6 (Reuters) - The capital of tiny East Timor was quiet but tense on Tuesday, a day after thousands of supporters of rebel leader Alfredo Reinado burnt tyres and threw stones to protest a ...

Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao hails membership as beginning of an 'inspiring new chapter' for Asia's youngest nation.

Edward Rees, from blog Peace Dividend Marketplace [en], writes about the reasons why Dili, the capital of East Timor, is “terribly dirty” these days: heavy rain storms, a building boom and increased ...

DILI, East Timor — Gay rights have taken a step forward in East Timor with its first LGBTQ pride parade and the prime minister announcing that the young nation's development depends on respecting the ...

The president of East Timor told The Associated Press on Monday that he would be willing to intercede personally to try and ...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, left, receives the gift of traditional Timorese woven cloths called 'tais' from East Timorese President Francisco Guterres during their Friday meeting in Dili ...

East Timor joined the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc as its 11th member state on Sunday, after 14 years ...