Jakarta – Indonesia and Timor Leste have been committed to solving their border problem at Noelbesi-Citrana in Kupang district, East Nusa Tenggara…

Thomas Oro, Dili – Muslim politician Mari Alkatiri, who quit as prime minister 2006 after four years as the mainly Catholic nation's first…

Paul Malone – The announcement by the Permanent Court of Arbitration last week that Australia and Timor Leste have reached an agreement on…

Bec Strating – Last Friday, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) announced a 'breakthrough' in maritime boundary conciliation proceedings…

Donald R. Rothwell – The announcement on the weekend by the Timor Sea Conciliation Commission is the first indication that Australia and Timor…

Damien Kingsbury – Australia's agreement with East Timor to settle a permanent maritime boundary in the Timor Sea appears to bring to an end a…

Michael Leach – In a major joint announcement on Saturday, Timor-Leste and Australia declared they had reached an agreement on "central aspects"…

Analysts have cautiously welcomed a new maritime agreement between Australia and Timor-Leste.

The deal ends a long running row between the…

Jane Norman – Australia and Timor-Leste have resolved their bitter and long-running dispute over maritime boundaries in the Timor Sea, in what is…

In what has been described as a "breakthrough" by the two governments, Australia and East Timor have reached an agreement for the framework of a…

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – Australia and East Timor have reached agreement on developing billions of dollars of oil and gas reserves in the Timor…

East Timor's new parliament is ready to be sworn in next week but it's still unclear who will be prime minister.

The Fretilin Party narrowly…

Curtis S. Chin – A decade ago, I traveled to East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste, to look at the condition of roads and other infrastructure in…

In her new book Crossing the Line Kim McGrath exposes Australia's brutal opportunism towards East Timor, and the atrocities we were willing to…

Today, the 30th of August, is a bittersweet day for the Timorese. It is the anniversary of the Popular Consultation, the UN sponsored referendum…

Jun Suzuki, Dili – China is increasing its influence in East Timor as the small Southeast Asian nation's relations with its traditional aid…

Police fired tear gas at hundreds of students protesting against allegedly corrupt government officials at East Timor on Monday, forcing members…

Dili – Hundreds of students in East Timor clashed on Monday with police who fired tear gas to disperse the crowds protesting against alleged…

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – The hero of East Timor's independence, Xanana Gusmao, will continue to lead his country's sensitive negotiations over…

Bec Strating – Amid the celebrations of ASEAN's 50th birthday last week, the question of whether Timor-Leste will soon be granted full membership…

Siktus Harson, Jakarta – Three weeks after its parliamentary election, Asia's most Catholic nation Timor-Leste remains leaderless and could be…

Adam Henry – Archival documents show the British Government – like Australia and the U.S. – actively assisted Indonesia cover up crimes against…

A new party in East Timor's parliament has tapped into rising disenfranchisement among the youth and anxiety over the country's economic survival…

Damien Kingsbury – Although unlikely to be formalized before 22 August, the shape of Timor-Leste's next government is starting to become clear. It…

Michael Leach – East Timorese politics remain in a post-election limbo as the parties elected to parliament just over a fortnight ago negotiate to…

Curtis Chin, Ainaro, Timor Leste (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network) =- Bright blue election boxes and indelibly inked index fingers. These are…

Independence leader Xanana Gusmao has resigned as president of his party following their recent election loss, reportedly saying the East Timorese…

Lindsay Murdoch – The hero of East Timor's independence struggle Xanana Gusmao has resigned from the presidency of his party only days after…

Damien Kingsbury – Timor-Leste came through the 2017 parliamentary elections with a general expectation that the two major parties, CNRT and…

Dili, East Timor – The prime minister of East Timor, Rui Maria de Araujo, said the country is "ready to become a member," with regard to the state…

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) lauded the U.S. House of Representatives for urging a fair resolution to the maritime boundary…

Georgina Downer – For a nation that only won its hard-fought battle for independence 15 years ago, Timor Leste has travelled a long way fast.

There is to be a Hilton Hotels and Resorts-branded hotel in Timor-Leste. Under a management agreement with The Lay Group, Hilton will manage…

Khoo Ying Hooi –- On July 22, 77 percent of Timorese cast their votes in the Timor-Leste's parliamentary election, which was contested by almost…

Thomas Ora, Dili – Timor-Leste's parliamentary election ended peacefully over the weekend with the fledgling country looking set for five more…

Michael Leach – With final votes tallied in the Timor-Leste parliamentary elections overnight, the results in Dili suggest a reframed power-…

Anthony Fensom – Elections in Timor-Leste have highlighted the challenges facing one of Southeast Asia's poorest nations, amid predictions that…

Dili (AFP) – Timor Leste is set for another coalition after the two governing parties in Asia's youngest democracy clinched a majority of the…

David Hutt – Preliminary results from Timor-Leste's general election indicate the two largest political parties, which formed a de facto ruling…

Felicity James – A Timor-Leste political party with links to martial arts gangs and "disenfranchised young men" will for the first time have seats…

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – East Timor's Fretilin party has opened the way for the formation of a broad-based unity government to rule the tiny…

Marcelino Perreira, Dili – Voters in East Timor queued up on Saturday to cast their vote in the country's fourth parliamentary elections since…

Damien Kingsbury – In a colourful and noisy event, unblemished so far by the violence that marred the first few years of independence, Timor-Leste…

Paulina Quintao – As Timor-Leste heads to the polls to vote during the Legislative Election 2017 that will determine the composition of the VII…

The number of children involvement in the political party campaigning is still high according to the observations of the National Commission for…

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – Two major parties appear set to dominate voting on Saturday in East Timor's fourth parliamentary elections since the…

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – More than 750,000 East Timorese will cast votes on Saturday to elect a government that will face tough negotiations…

Lindsay Murdoch – One of East Timor's largest political parties has denounced "acts of intimidation and terror" against some if its supporters…

Marcelino Perreira, Dili – Thousands of East Timorese ended weeks of political rallies and entered a campaign blackout on Thursday before…

Marching through the streets of East Timor's capital Dili with a rainbow flag in his hand, Natalino Guterres was overwhelmed with emotion,…