KUALA LUMPUR: Tears, cheers and applause filled the International Media Centre at the 47th Asean Summit and Related Summits as Timor Leste took its place in the Asean family. Describing it as a dream ...

Timor-Leste will be made a full member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) on Oct 26. President José Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste often joked that joining Asean was more difficult than ...

A U.S. aid agency had committed hundreds of millions of dollars to the project, which could help provide clean water. Now its board wants to pull out of the agreement. By Ted Alcorn Reporting from ...

Timor-Leste has tried for years to join Southeast Asia's most significant regional body, hoping it would pave the way for more investment in the country. Timor-Leste is set to become the newest member ...

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim today expressed gratitude to former leader Dr Mahathir Mohamad for Malaysia’s consistent support of Timor-Leste’s journey towards Asean membership. Speaking in his ...

- 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 ...

Singapore enhances its support for Timor-Leste's Asean membership via the upgraded Singapore–Timor-Leste Asean Readiness Support (Stars) package (2025-2028). The Stars package includes tailored ...

KUALA LUMPUR – Timor-Leste will become Asean’s 11th member state, with full membership to be granted at the next regional meeting in Kuala Lumpur later in 2025. Announcing this at a press conference ...

MANILA, Philippines — Expelled Negros Oriental representative Arnolfo Teves Jr. was flown back to the Philippines yesterday after Timor-Leste ordered his “immediate deportation.” A Philippine Air ...

Former Negros Oriental representative Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr., the alleged mastermind in the killing of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo and others, on Thursday afternoon was deported from Timor ...