Timor-Leste
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Fausto Belo Ximenes obituary
My friend Fausto Belo Ximenes, known as Nino, who has died suddenly aged 43, was one of the first Timorese cou…
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‘He left an indelible impression’: Catholics across Asia-Pacific mourn the Pope
From Timor-Leste to PNG and the Philippines, millions of Catholics are marking the death of Pope FrancisLatest…
- Asia Pacific, Catholicism, Christianity, Indonesia, Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea, Pope Francis, Religion, Timor-Leste, World news
Pope Francis tours Asia and the Pacific – in pictures
Pope Francis has drawn huge crowds during a 12-day visit to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singa…
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Timor-Leste president hits back at Australian criticism of new partnership with China
José Ramos-Horta rejects concerns about plan that includes enhanced military engagement as ‘imagined Chinese g…
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José Ramos-Horta says Australian intelligence agencies ‘know very well’ China deal is of no concern
Timor-Leste’s president alludes to 2004 spying scandal as he brushes off concerns about new strategic partners…
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‘Playing the China card’ or a serious regional threat? Timor Leste’s new deal with Beijing
The upgrading of ties with Beijing caught regional leaders by surprise, but experts say it could be a strategy…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, Papua New Guinea, Penny Wong, Richard Marles, The Pacific, Timor-Leste, World news
‘The kids had all been tortured’: Indonesian military accused of targeting children in West Papua
Exclusive: Australia is seeking to strengthen ties with Indonesia, despite new reports of brutality by the mil…
- Afghanistan, Barcelona, Catalonia, Indonesia, Spain, Timor-Leste, United Nations, US news, World news
Francesc Vendrell obituary
Effective United Nations peace negotiator who brought about dialogue between warring parties in many internati…
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Timor-Leste warns it will work with China if Australia insists on pumping Timor Sea gas to Darwin
Exclusive: President José Ramos-Horta says his country’s leadership ‘has to make decisions … if necessary a tr…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian politics, Oil and gas companies, Timor-Leste, Witness K case
José Ramos-Horta accuses Alexander Downer of ‘distorting’ issues around 2004 Timor-Leste bugging
Exclusive: President of south-east Asian nation says Australia used cover of ‘supposedly altruistic foreign ai…
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Timor-Leste hit by 6.4-magnitude earthquake that was felt in Darwin
Quake struck to east of Timor-Leste, with residents in Northern Territory capital reporting strong shakingAust…
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Twenty years on, Timorese-Australians look back on the struggle for independence
To mark the anniversary, photographer Alex Soares spoke to three cousins who lived through Indonesia’s brutal …
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Timor-Leste presidential election: José Ramos-Horta wins in landslide
Victory gives 72-year-old his second term as president of south-east Asia’s youngest countryThe Nobel prize wi…
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Timor-Leste’s Ramos Horta and ‘Lu Olo’ Guterres face off in presidential election
Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta the frontrunner in a ballot widely seen as key to the nation’s political stabi…
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Australia accused of ‘disgraceful’ bid to keep Timor-Leste bartering negotiations secret
Senator Rex Patrick says release of decades-old cabinet papers won’t further damage Timor relationship after s…