Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Asean secretary-general Kao Kim Hourn present the declaration of Timor-Leste’s accession to the bloc to prime minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao. On the left is ...

East Timor's ASEAN Membership a Win for Asia's Youngest Nation By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) -Asia's youngest nation East Timor is set to achieve a decades-long dream when it becomes the 11th ...

Foreign Ministers Bendito Freitas of Timor-Leste and Ma. Theresa Lazaro of the Philippines seal a moment of strengthened ties with a handshake in Manila. The visit comes ahead of Timor-Leste’s formal ...

Protests broke out last week in Timor-Leste, with thousands of demonstrators demanding parliament cancel a $4.2 million plan to purchase SUVs for lawmakers and lifetime pension for MPs and public ...

Dili (East Timor) (AFP) – East Timor is slated to become the 11th member of the ASEAN regional bloc in October, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Tuesday during a visit to the Southeast ...

- Timor-Leste’s parliament has scrapped a plan to buy 65 SUVs for MPs after mass protests. - Demonstrations in the capital turned tense, with clashes and government vehicles set on fire. - Lawmakers ...

For three consecutive days, the streets of Dili have been filled with chants, banners and defiant voices. Thousands of young people, led largely by Timor-Leste’s Generation Z, are protesting against ...

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DILI: Timor-Leste's parliament on Wednesday (Sep 17) said it would scrap lifetime pensions for MPs, bowing to public pressure after dropping a plan to buy SUVs for lawmakers in one of southeast Asia's ...

Timor-Leste will be ready to host its first Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit by 2029, according to its President José Ramos-Horta. New: You can now listen to articles. DILI: Timor ...

Students have rallied in Timor-Leste amid anger at plans to buy new cars for MPs. Police clashed with some protesters after they hurled rocks at the nation's parliament in Dili. Timor-Leste police ...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has warned that East Timor has become the latest hotspot for scam centre operations plaguing Southeast Asia and beyond. The UN issued an official ...