The country’s admission caps off a 14-year journey toward accession, but also presents new challenges for the Southeast Asian ...

Suhail Sattar and Yahya Suhail became the first father-son duo to play with each other in International men’s cricket- representing Timor Leste against Indonesia in Rising East Asia Tri-Series ...

The former Portuguese colony, once called East Timor, has come a long way since 2002, when it gained independence from ...

Indonesia could make ASEAN membership meaningful for Timor-Leste by opening up ferries and flights from Kupang, says a former ...

History and emotion merged as Suhail Sattar of Timor-Leste and his 17-year-old son Yahya Suhail became the first-ever ...

Timor-Leste celebrates becoming ASEAN's 11th member, but Church and civil society leaders warn the nation must tackle poverty ...

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has described the admission of Timor-Leste as Asean’s 11th member as a historic and deeply ...

Timor-Leste has officially joined ASEAN as its 11th member state – an achievement more than a decade in the making. The ...

Leste, led by José Ramos-Horta, has a moral duty to push the bloc to hold Myanmar's junta accountable at the ICC and reject ...

For Asean, embracing its youngest member was not only an act of inclusion but also a form of repentance — a quiet ...

Asean Secretary-General Dr Kao Kim Hourn has commended Malaysia’s crucial role, under the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk ...

East Timor has been formally admitted into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the group’s first expansion since ...