Francisco Guterres, a former president of East Timor and a leading figure in the country’s independence movement, has died.

Timor-Leste, or East Timor, is marking the 25th anniversary of its vote to become independent from Indonesia. East Timor had been under Indonesian occupation since 1975. Indonesia killed more than a ...

DILI, East Timor (AP) — Former East Timor independence fighter Xanana Gusmao was sworn in on Saturday as prime minister of Asia’s youngest country after his party won the parliamentary election in May ...

DILI – East Timor on Friday celebrated the 25th anniversary of a U.N.-backed referendum that secured its independence from its major neighbor Indonesia, which invaded the former Portuguese colony in ...

East Timor independence hero Xanana Gusmao’s party has won the parliamentary election – Copyright /File VALENTINO DARIEL SOUSA East Timor independence hero Xanana ...

An estimated 600,000 people—a figure nearing half of East Timor’s population—packed a seaside park Tuesday for Pope Francis’ ...

DILI, East Timor — East Timor is in a festive mood as it prepares for the arrival of Pope Francis on his first trip to the deeply Catholic country, hard on the heels of the 25th anniversary of the ...

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