Leste’s membership of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is good for regional security goes something like this: Timor-Leste is a young, post-conflict, least-developed country.

It is commendable that Dili is showing solidarity with the people of Myanmar – but a failed prosecution could end up undermining the principle of universal jurisdiction.

“It was not really an assassination attempt,” says José Ramos-Horta. Timor-Leste’s President is sitting on the breezy veranda of Galeria Memoria Viva, the seafront bungalow in capital city Dili that ...

The junta has accused Dili of violating articles of the ASEAN Charter that “underscore the importance of upholding respect for sovereignty and non-interference.” ...

DILI, Timor-Leste, January 12 (UNHCR) - In a ceremony filled with personal reminiscences, Timor Leste's President José Ramos-Horta on Thursday thanked the UN refugee agency for helping see his young ...

It is 5:30 in the morning. Shawn leaves his home on a bike, pedaling toward a horizon painted in dusky orange, just minutes before sunrise. The only sound that awakens the silence comes from the soft ...

Salesian Bishop Virgilio do Carmo da Silva of Dili in Timor-Leste sees potential for a fourth diocese as the number of Catholics grows on the island nation. Established in 1940, Dili Diocese has 28 ...

The Vatican has opened a new embassy in Timor-Leste capital Dili in an effort to strengthen ties with the Catholic-majority tiny Southeast Asian nation. Vatican Deputy Secretary of State Archbishop ...

DILI, Timor Leste — The chief of the National Guard Bureau visited Timor-Leste last week to underscore the Rhode Island National Guard’s budding security cooperation ties with the island nation ...

Sporadic violence in Dili, Timor-Leste's capital, continued in 2007 with the worst outbreaks taking place in the run-up to June 30 elections and after the announcement of results in July and August.